plato secondary scholars Flashcards
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women
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“Athenian women in Plato’s day led suppressed and powerless lives. They were not legal persons” - Annas
2
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homosexuality
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“In ancient Athens, homoeroticism was considered perfectly natural” - waterfield
“Less tolerance for same-sex relations between women” - Freeman
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The nature of the symposia “reflects the male dominated character of Greek social life” - Gill
“Socrates seems to have exercised self-restraint, and to have disapproved of the sexual side of homoerotic love” - waterfield
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“Plato does not have a comprehensive theory of love” - Ferrari
“An account of what love can do for philosophy rather than account of love for its own sake” - Ferrari on the symposium
