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May 14, 2022
Socrates and the Limits of Love: The Erotic Philosophy of Plato’s Symposium

Socrates and the Limits of Love: The Erotic Philosophy of Plato’s Symposium

Plato’s Symposium is a philosophical exploration of the nature and function of erotic love. Apropos the subject matter, the dialogue begins in confusion. The dialogue proper occurs between Apollodorus, someone so obsessed with Socrates that he has been given the nickname “the maniac” (173d), and an unnamed friend of his. Apollodorus recounts a story he …

May 4, 2021
The Life and Philosophy of Empedocles

The Life and Philosophy of Empedocles

Empedocles (c.494-c.434 BC), like Pythagoras, is a presocratic philosopher whom contemporary expositors either deride or ignore. Because he is a philosopher who sings, invoking the muse and articulating his doctrines as hexameter poems (D7)[1], if it is presented at all, he is presented as an object of either pity (for his alleged ignorance) or scorn …

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