The First Alcibiades, also referred to as Alcibiades Major and abbreviated as Alcibiades I (Greek: Ἀλκιβιάδης αʹ), is a dialogue ascribed to Plato, depicting...
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Symposium (Plato) (section Alcibiades' speech)
expedition to Syracuse, of which Alcibiades was a commander, took place the following year, after which Alcibiades deserted to Sparta, Athens' archenemy...
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of Alcibiades's death was Elaphus, a mountain in Phrygia. In ancient Greece, Alcibiades was a polarizing figure. According to Thucydides, Alcibiades, being...
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Second Alcibiades or Alcibiades II (Greek: Ἀλκιβιάδης βʹ) is a dialogue traditionally ascribed to Plato. In it, Socrates attempts to persuade Alcibiades that...
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but he ultimately failed to do so. The (Pseudo-)Platonic dialogue First Alcibiades (120e), written in the late 4th century BC, identifies him with Achaemenes...
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titled "Alcibiades", ascribed to Plato, that feature Socrates in conversation with Alcibiades: First Alcibiades (or Alcibiades I) and Second Alcibiades (or...
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of Jupiter the Demiurgus (article) 1820 Important Additions to the first Alcibiades, and Timæus of Plato (article) Important Discovery of the Original...
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eyes and blinds him. "Slowly, his eyes adjust to the light of the sun. First he can see only shadows. Gradually he can see the reflections of people...
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Socrates’ Divine Sign: From the Alcibiades to Olympiodorus. In: Marguerite Johnson, Harold Tarrant (Hrsg.): Alcibiades and the Socratic Lover-Educator...
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several legends surrounding the figure: The Pseudo-Platonic dialogue First Alcibiades (120e), written in the late 4th-century BC, portrays Achaemenes as...
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Look up Alcibiades in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alcibiades or Alkibiades may refer to: Alcibiades (c. 450–404 BC), a prominent Athenian statesman...
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philosophical knowledge. The concept of a city-state ruled by philosophers is first explored in Plato's Republic, written around 375 BC. Plato argued that the...
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antiquity but are now doubted by at least some modern scholars are: Alcibiades I (*), Alcibiades II (‡), Clitophon (*), Epinomis (‡), Letters (*), Hipparchus...
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dialogues has been questioned by some modern scholarship. First Alcibiades Second Alcibiades Apology Charmides Clitophon Cratylus Critias Crito Epinomis...
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explained, so many aspects of the theory are open to interpretation. Forms are first introduced in the Phaedo, but in that dialogue the concept is simply referred...
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Athens were mutilated by unknown persons, and Alcibiades was charged with religious crimes. Alcibiades demanded that he be put on trial at once, so that...
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(Ζωροάστρης), as used in Xanthus's Lydiaca (Fragment 32) and in Plato's First Alcibiades (122a1). This form appears subsequently in the Latin Zōroastrēs, and...
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and Xerxes was born around 518 BC. According to the Greek dialogue First Alcibiades, which describes typical upbringing and education of Persian princes...
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which he postulated three principles: the first God, the ideas, which are regarded as thoughts of this "first God", and matter. Apuleius (c. 125), a popular...
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what is fair and good; or, the idea of a dichotomy between good and evil. First of all, the world is a living creature. Since the unintelligent creatures...
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desire, which houses the desire for physical pleasures). Plato was the first known person in the history of western philosophy to believe that the soul...
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Cephalus. In his first philosophical conversation with the group members, Socrates gets into a conversation with Cephalus. The first real philosophical...
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Sophist Statesman Parmenides Philebus Symposium Phaedrus First Alcibiades Second Alcibiades Hipparchus Rival Lovers Theages Charmides Laches Lysis Euthydemus...
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Socrates discusses divinity and the soul mostly in Alcibiades, Euthyphro, and Apology. In Alcibiades Socrates links the human soul to divinity, concluding...
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Sophist Statesman Parmenides Philebus Symposium Phaedrus First Alcibiades Second Alcibiades Hipparchus Rival Lovers Theages Charmides Laches Lysis Euthydemus...
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the right relation between all that exists, from humans, nature, to the First Cause. Allegorical interpretations of Plato Analogy of the Divided Line...
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as a general to the Athenian soldiers is not the non-sequitur it may at first appear when these circumstances are taken into account. Ion has just come...
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of Syracuse and Plato's description of Atlantis. Gunnar Rudberg was the first who elaborated upon the idea that Plato's attempt to realize his political...
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arguments that this is plausible center on the claim that, if Lovers and First Alcibiades are genuine, they provide an otherwise missing background in Plato's...
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then adds that Clinias, younger brother of Alcibiades, was taken from his family for fear that Alcibiades would corrupt him, and he was given back as...
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