Plato’s Dialogues: Creating Friendship Bonds for 2400 Years

• Authors: Beck Martha C.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper is about: a) the model of friendship bonds Plato presents to us through his character, Socrates; b) the kinds of friendship bonds Plato tried to create with his students and wanted his students to create when they returned home; c) the friendship bonds lovers of Plato’s dialogues have created with each other for 2400 years; and d) the bonds that those who want to imitate Socrates should create with all of their fellowcitizens. Such bonds are critical for sustaining non-authoritarian societies. Since 2016, Westerners have become more aware of the need of intellectuals to develop these bonds.

Keywords

EN

Plato; Socrates; self-governing society; friendship bonds; Euthyphro; Crito; Laches; Charmides; Phaedrus; Symposium; Western culture today

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Fundacja Filozofia Na Rzecz Dialogu
• Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 99-118

Contributors

author

Beck Martha C.

• Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas