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Alcibiades I
Plato
Book Overview:
As Jowett relates in his brilliant introduction, 95% of Plato's writing is certain and his reputation rests soundly on this foundation. The Alcibiades 1 appears to be a short work by Plato with only two characters: Socrates and Alcibiades. This dialogue has little dramatic verisimilitude but centers on the question of what knowledge one needs for political life. Like the early dialogues, the question is on whether the virtues needed by a statesman can be taught, on the importance of self-knowledge as a starting point for any leader. While this may be only partially the work of Plato, or even not his at all, Jowett favored the work with his magisterial translation and appears to favor its inclusion in the canon of true works.
As Jowett relates in his brilliant introduction, 95% of Plato's writing is certain and his reputation rests soundly on this foundation. The Alcibiades 1 appears to be a short work by Plato with only two characters: Socrates and Alcibiades. This dialogue has little dramatic verisimilitude but centers on the question of what knowledge one needs for political life. Like the early dialogues, the question is on whether the virtues needed by a statesman can be taught, on the importance of self-knowledge as a starting point for any leader. While this may be only partially the work of Plato, or even not his at all, Jowett favored the work with his magisterial translation and appears to favor its inclusion in the canon of true works.
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Community Reviews
Introduciéndonos a Platón... no pensé que ño disfrutara tanto
We get the term “Platonic love” from this dialogue, where Socrates lovingly teaches the young Alcibiades what is needed to be a great politician. Socrates shows Alcibiades his ignorance and champions the importance of self-knowledge: “Don’t you realize that the errors in our conduct are caused by th
A Memorandum to Our Dear Leader:
Socrates: "In a ship, if a man having the power to do what he likes, has no intelligence or skill in navigation, do you see what will happen to him and to his fellow sailors?"
Alcibiades: "Yes; I see that they will all perish."
Alcibíades é um interlocutor mais ativo e interessante que o de outros diálogos. No geral, o tom mais direto e explícito (referências óbvias ao futuro de Alcibíades, ao Banquete e à República), e o final com ar de novela me fazem suspeitar de fato que este não seja um diálogo autêntico de Platão. Se
this is an overview of plato project, it's suspiciously naked of the platonic way of writing and reminds me of other spurious work by the name Definitions, but well here we find a demostration of Mayeutics, and the way it works explicitly. what is man, what should one do to be better. a great dialog
La filosofía no es lo mío. Pero hay que cumplir con las obligaciones académicas
I still have trouble believing that this was written by Plato. When compared to the Symposium, these two books give two very different and interesting views of Alcibiades' character. If you lived in Ancient Greece and desired to become a philosopher, this would be one of the first texts your teacher
The whole text is in dialogues. Alcibiades wants to advise a council on justice and war, and Socrates tells Alcibiades that because he has no learning of justice and war he shouldn't be advising people on such matters. This dialogue analyses the flawed logic of Alcibiades while Socrates tries to mak
A helpful introduction to the dialogues of Plato. Constructs a helpful framework to understanding Plato's philosophy, but more importantly guides you toward the life and practice of philosophy. There is much here to glean.
There has been some time since I read my last Plato. It's amazing to see Socrates, at first being a simply obnoxious and chatty figure with bad logic, has gradually gained his depth amongst the various depictions of dialogues. Now that I could enjoy the manifold aspects of him, I felt sad -- very, v