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April 16,2025
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Platonun bu əsərini oxumaq üçün eşqin həyatda tutduğu yeri çürüdən Şölen və natiqlik sənətinə həsr olunmuş Gorgias əsərlərini gözdən keçirmək lazımdır. Phaidros isə həm eşqi, həm natiqliyi yenidən ələ alır, sanki digər əsərlərdən yarımçıq qalan hissələri tamamlayır. Şölen mənə görə digər əsərlərindən daha zəif idi, boşluq var idi, Phaidrosla Platon sanki yarımçıq qalmış işini tamamlayır.

Həmişəki kimi oxumaq çox zövqlü oldu.
April 16,2025
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Not sure what the etiquette is here but I thought I'd get this one done today. In future I think I'll post Plato as larger blobs according to the larger books. So I read this in prep for the fearsome text I will be reading imminently.

It's my first encounter with Plato qua Plato! And I did enjoy. Full of life, smoothly human, rather sweet (the terms of endearment!!!).
April 16,2025
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Maybe I shouldn't have finished Phaedrus at the airport at 10 o'clock at night while waiting for my delayed flight to arrive at the gate, but man. This was terrible, and a terrible example of the kind of philosophy available from 4th century BCE. I added a star because of its valuable place in the history of ideas and thought.

I must be super cranky today.
April 16,2025
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[HARRY's apartment from When Harry Met Sally. HARRY is asleep on his couch. On the table next to him are a mostly-empty bottle of bourbon and a copy of Phaedrus. Enter SOCRATES.]

SOCRATES: Good evening, Harry.

HARRY: How--

SOCRATES: Don't worry, I'm not real. This is a dream.

HARRY: Uh--

SOCRATES: I see you're reading Phaedrus. Looking for advice, maybe?

HARRY: I-- I just can't understand how I could have done it. Why did I fuck her? I've ruined everything.

SOCRATES: You're sure about that?

HARRY: We had such a great thing going. We weren't, like, dating, so we could hang out and have fun and talk. There wasn't any jealousy or possessiveness or any of that crap. It was perfect.

SOCRATES: Because you weren't lovers, you could enjoy each other's company much more?

HARRY: Exactly. We did so many goofy things. You know, there was this one time we were in a diner together...

SOCRATES: And what happened?

HARRY: It doesn't matter. All over.

SOCRATES: You seem very upset, Harry.

HARRY: Of course I'm upset! It was the best relationship I've ever had. And now I've just flushed it down the can. I must have been crazy.

SOCRATES: Maybe it's not such a bad idea to be crazy sometimes?

HARRY: Oh, puh-lease. Don't give that mad-people-are-the-only-sane-ones bullshit. It's not going to help.

SOCRATES: Come on, think about it Harry. Whenever you've done anything difficult or creative in your life, weren't you a little crazy? People shook their heads. But sometimes it worked and you felt really good about it afterwards.

HARRY: Okay, Socrates, I see where you're going. But this time I just screwed up. That's all there is to it.

SOCRATES: And it's particularly true with romance. Have you ever made an important romantic decision and not wondered at least once if you weren't doing something totally insane that you'd regret later?

HARRY: Well, now you mention it--

SOCRATES: In everyday life, one must of course act sanely. But with religion and art and love, a little insanity is essential.

HARRY: Hm--

SOCRATES: Here, let me give you this picture I sometimes use to help me focus on my own romantic life. When I want to imagine my soul, I see it as this guy driving a chariot with two winged horses. There's one good horse and one bad horse--

HARRY: You know, you were almost talking sense there for a moment, but now you're losing me again. What's My Little Pony got to do with it?

SOCRATES: No, no, Harry! This isn't about children's toys, this is serious. The good horse is noble and obedient, but the bad one is full of base instincts. When it sees the loved one--

HARRY: Say, let me just ask you a direct question. What is your romantic life, exactly?

SOCRATES: Well, mostly oral sex with underage boys. Some anal. But the whole point of the analogy is that I try to keep it under--

HARRY: So I'm taking romantic advice from a pedophile?

SOCRATES: Now Harry, you need to remember that we belong to different cultures. In my society, what you regard as--

HARRY: I'm waking up now.

[SOCRATES disappears. A moment later, HARRY is sitting up on his couch, rubbing his eyes. In the background, the sound of scattered fireworks.]

HARRY: What the--

[He looks at his watch, which shows 18 minutes to midnight. Suddenly, he grabs his coat and opens the door]

HARRY: I might just be in time. If I run.
April 16,2025
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3,5/5
Ο Πλάτων σκιαγραφεί μια κλίμακα ερωτικής ανάβασης που διαδοχικά καλύπτει την έλξη προς ένα ωραίο σώμα, την έλξη προς τις ωραίες ψυχές, την έλξη προς τις ωραίες δημιουργίες και μαθήσεις, για να καταλήξει στην αποκάλυψη ότι το πραγματικό κίνητρο του έρωτα είναι η ταύτισή του με το ιδεατό ωραίο, με την ιδέα της ωραιότητας. Ο Πλατωνικός έρωτας δεν είναι ένας έρωτας ανεκπλήρωτος. Είναι ο έρωτας στην πλήρη μορφή του. Εκεί που οι ερωτευμένοι μετά τη σωματική έλξη και την ψυχική ένωση καταλήγουν σε κάτι ανώτερο.

Στο δεύτερο μέρος αναλύουν τη ρητορική και την αισθητική του λόγου. Με το μύθο που παραθέτει καταλήγει ότι τα γραπτά είναι ένα εργαλείο που βοηθά τη μνήμη . Στον αντίποδα ο προφορικός λόγος χαρακτηρίζεται έμψυχος γιατί στηρίζεται στη βαθύτερη επικοινωνία δύο ψυχών. Κυρίαρχη είναι η αξία που δίνεται στη διαπροσωπική επαφή, την οποία κανένα γραπτό κείμενο δεν θα μπορούσε να υποκαταστήσει.

#readathon18 8/13 Ένα βιβλίο με όνομα στον τίτλο
Άνδρες/Γυναίκες 5/3
April 16,2025
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Opera celebre, e a ragione. Contiene pagine celeberrime e di altissima poeticità (tanto per fare degli esempi, la bellissima descrizione paesaggistica iniziale, il mito della biga alata, il mito di Theuth, con relativa discussione sul ruolo e l'utilità/ problematicità da una parte della scrittura, dall'altra dei discorsi). Interessante anche la riflessione finale sulla differenza fra scrittori/poeti e filosofi (i quali, unici, scrivono essendo consapevoli e conoscitori della verità, e soprattutto scrivono essendo consapevoli del fatto che tale dimensione vada accompagnata giocoforza da quella del discorso). I poeti di contro, essendo ispirati da un Dio, non sanno quale sia la verità.
April 16,2025
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Socrates be like "Bros b4 hoes(who are dudes)...wait, but what if hoes...could be your bros...and lead your soul to remember its contemplation of True Beauty in the realm of The Forms? That'd be tight."

Then Phaedrus is like "Hell yeah it'd be."
April 16,2025
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Läsning 3: Jag hade den märkliga upplevelsen att bli skriven på näsan av en AI, angående körsvennsmetaforen. Jag använder gärna och ofta chat gpt för att fördjupa min förståelse av texter, men detta var något nytt. Jag kände mig tvungen att läsa om den, och det... stämmer vad som sades. spännande.

Läsning 2:
Bokens tema är begär, i olika former. Begär efter kärlek, skönhet, vänskap, gudomlig insikt. De första delarna är enkla att följa; de senare hanterar kreativitet och gudomligt vansinne. Dessa senare delar lär också förklara Sokrates egna syn på själen, i ljuset av den egyptiska religionens läror.

Jag ser inte hur.

Det jag ser är en trevlig text, som tidvis är träffsäker i sin beskrivning av relationen mellan behov av bekräftelse, faran med och glädjen i kreativitet, och hur dessa relaterar till åtrå. Den är riktigt vass i beskrivningen av vänskap, och i beskrivningen av faran med att ge upp sina övertygelser för vänskaps skull, och konsekvenserna, rent själsligt, av detta. Däremot ser jag inte de påstådda förklaringarna av själens väsen.

Det mest behjälpliga med boken, är de delar som handlar om skillnaden mellan de begrepp för vilka vi kan ha en yttre referens, och de begrepp som saknar sådana.

Därutöver är den välöversatt.
April 16,2025
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J'ai lu "Phèdre" pour une mauvaise raison; c'est-à-dire je voulais mieux comprendre "De la grammatologie" de Jacques Derrida. D'après Derrida, "Phèdre" est le dialogue qui véhicule avec la plus grande clarté les deux grande erreurs de Platon qui sont: (1) la langue parlée est antérieur à la langue écrite; et (2) que la langue parlée possède une valeur morale supérieure aux écrits. Fidèle à lui-même, Derrida représente mal la thèse de Platon. Néanmoins, dans "Phèdre", Socrate dénonce catégoriquement l'écriture si chère à Derrida.
Le dialogue est très littéraire. Le lecteur ne sait pas si Socrate veut corriger une erreur de pensée transmise à Phèdre, un jeune disciple ou s'il veut simplement ramener un jeune personne aimé dans son entourage.
Socrate et Phèdre se rencontrent par hasard. Phèdre lui demande son opinion sur la thèse du rhéteur et sophiste Lysias est qu'un homme mature doit s'éloigner des jeunes garçon qu'il veut comme amants et fréquenter seulement ceux dont il veut seulement avoir comme amis. Socrate la réfute. Le but est toujours l'amour platonique. Pourtant, dans le cas où on passe par une période érotique on peut toujours se racheter en se renonçant aux relations sexuelles. Pourtant le plus grand péché de Lysias n'est pas de proposer une thèse erronée mais de la présenter par écrit.
Le devoir de l'enseignant est de dialoguer avec ses étudiants pour s'assurer qu'ils comprennent et sont capables de défendre les idées enseignées. Les textes écrits se trouvent rapidement dur des tablettes. Leur contenus sont oubliés. Ceux qui les lisent ne sont jamais capables de défendre les thèses proposés. Bref les connaissances essentielles sont transmises seulement par la langue parlée. L'écriture sert a des choses moins importantes telles que la poésie ou la rédaction des lois. "Phèdre" explique possiblement pourquoi Socrate ne nous a pas laissé des écrits.
Il y a des problèmes évidents avec "Phèdre". Socrate semble être très tolérant envers la pédérastie et il pose le geste absurde d'attaquer l'écriture avec une pièce écrite.
Cependant Derrida va trop loin dans sa critique de Platon qu'il qualifie de "logocentrique". D'après Derrida, Platon prétend que les mot parlés représentent des vérités absolues qui proviennent du "Logos qui est l'entendement infini de Dieu". Platon veut surtout souligner l'importance du face-à-face dans l'instruction et surtout dans l'éducation des jeunes personnes.
April 16,2025
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When Phaedrus recites to Socrates a speech by Lysias on the topic of love, the two enter into a dialogue in which Socrates makes a speech of his own on the topic and they expand the conversation to include a discussion of rhetoric and the value of knowing the truth.
Plato, student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, enjoys a unique place in literature and philosophy.
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