The Death of Socrates

[Naskra]

Dear Mr Fart:

Plato is a writer of extraordinary subtlety. It is often very difficult for the reader to discern his meaning. People even today can make a living off interpretations of his metaphors. One thing in his writings is very clear, however. That is that the character called "Socrates" is not consistent. Not in tone, personality, interests, speech patterns, or much else. What are called by convention "the early dialogues" present a Socrates that we can recognize as the same one Xenophon remembers. Hence that Socrates is considered to be the one most like the Socrates who walked and talked in Athens.

Don't forget that Historians are merely metaphysicians that exclaim history as a reality in the context of facts.

If this sentence meant anything, it would be false.

 

[Plotinus]

CartesianFart, if you really care about this and are not just carping for the sake of it, then I suggest you read The play of character in Plato's dialogues by Ruby Blondell (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2002).

 

[CartesianFart]

Dear Mr Fart:

Plato is a writer of extraordinary subtlety. It is often very difficult for the reader to discern his meaning. People even today can make a living off interpretations of his metaphors.

Dear Mr. Naskra:

More like hijacking and changing its meaning is what those hack writers do today.It does nothing to our furtherance of the knowledge and understandings of Plato's writings.

One thing in his writings is very clear, however. That is that the character called "Socrates" is not consistent. Not in tone, personality, interests, speech patterns, or much else. What are called by convention "the early dialogues" present a Socrates that we can recognize as the same one Xenophon remembers. Hence that Socrates is considered to be the one most like the Socrates who walked and talked in Athens.

Tell me,is it plausible to say "one most less likely?"

If this sentence meant anything, it would be false.

Then tell me,what make you reason to believe by denying it to be true?

CartesianFart, if you really care about this and are not just carping for the sake of it, then I suggest you read The play of character in Plato's dialogues by Ruby Blondell (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2002).

Since you suggested this little book of yours,then give me something of an advertisement (an brief account of your understanding of this book that you claim to know) for inorder to entice me to spend my precious dollars to buy it.

 

[Naskra]

Tell me,is it plausible to say "one most less likely?"

No, it's not even English. And neither is this:

Then tell me,what make you reason to believe by denying it to be true?

Learn a language. It will give structure to your misunderstandings.

 

[Plotinus]

Since you suggested this little book of yours,then give me something of an advertisement (an brief account of your understanding of this book that you claim to know) for inorder to entice me to spend my precious dollars to buy it.

It's not little and it's not mine. If you're not capable of discussing these things sensibly without resorting to such a patronising tone then I don't want to continue it. It's bad enough wading through your pretentiously gnomic pronouncements as it is.

If you go to the publisher's website, which you're perfectly capable of doing since I told you who the publisher is, you can not only read a description of the book but read excerpts from it too. It's a study of the characterisation in Plato's dialogues, particuarly the character of Socrates as he appears in different works. And it might just address some of the points you sort of made on the previous page. What's more, it does it with evidence and examples.

 

[CartesianFart]

It's not little and it's not mine. If you're not capable of discussing these things sensibly without resorting to such a patronising tone then I don't want to continue it. It's bad enough wading through your pretentiously gnomic pronouncements as it is.

Ah!Come on!Buddy!I am being tawdry in my replies to you but just not capable of such sophistication that you like to characterize yourself as being.

I apologize for the remarks eventhough my malicious intentions by your perception is erroneous.

If you go to the publisher's website, which you're perfectly capable of doing since I told you who the publisher is, you can not only read a description of the book but read excerpts from it too. It's a study of the characterisation in Plato's dialogues, particuarly the character of Socrates as he appears in different works. And it might just address some of the points you sort of made on the previous page. What's more, it does it with evidence and examples.

I don't care for what they think.I just want to see from your own words on what the book is about so i will not percieve it as "little."