Larry W. Chappell wrote:
> The status of the "Socratic" in philosophy and teaching is widely
> disputed. My Socrates is strange enough to include Foucault as a
> Socratic figure. See Alexander Nehamas, "The Art of Living: Socratic
> Reflections from Plato to Foucault" for one broadened vision of
> Socratic inquiry.
>
I asked that because it seems to me that Socrates has methodologicaly
closed teaching. It's really hard to me to find another way to teach. I
think Lacan has shown another one.
> I am not sure where Socrates aimed his penis. The Platonic portrait of
> him in the "Symposium" paints a response to the beautiful Alcibiades
> that "privileges" the soul to the point of exclusion.
>
It may be a delirious statement, but i really hear a histerical position
in Socrates' portrait by Plato. Or, better, a way to subsume Alcibiades.
What Socrates means would be: 'what you have to offer (the body) means
nothing compared to what I HAVE to offer (knowledge)'. This, stated in a
philosophic circle should have made its way to seducing Alcibiades.
thanks for bibliography.
regards,
Roberto
--
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the gratest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer. -Charles Caleb Colton, author and clergyman (1780-1832)
> The status of the "Socratic" in philosophy and teaching is widely
> disputed. My Socrates is strange enough to include Foucault as a
> Socratic figure. See Alexander Nehamas, "The Art of Living: Socratic
> Reflections from Plato to Foucault" for one broadened vision of
> Socratic inquiry.
>
I asked that because it seems to me that Socrates has methodologicaly
closed teaching. It's really hard to me to find another way to teach. I
think Lacan has shown another one.
> I am not sure where Socrates aimed his penis. The Platonic portrait of
> him in the "Symposium" paints a response to the beautiful Alcibiades
> that "privileges" the soul to the point of exclusion.
>
It may be a delirious statement, but i really hear a histerical position
in Socrates' portrait by Plato. Or, better, a way to subsume Alcibiades.
What Socrates means would be: 'what you have to offer (the body) means
nothing compared to what I HAVE to offer (knowledge)'. This, stated in a
philosophic circle should have made its way to seducing Alcibiades.
thanks for bibliography.
regards,
Roberto
--
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the gratest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer. -Charles Caleb Colton, author and clergyman (1780-1832)