Later Views of the Socrates of Plato’s Symposium

But who Socrates "really" was is relatively unimportant. It is Plato's portrait of Socrates that has inspired thinkers in the Western world for nearly 2,500 years. 4- The Art of Discourse. The essential nature of Socrates' art lay in the fact that he did not appear to want to instruct people. ................
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