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Philosophy NotesDiotima’s Ladder (bottom to top)Individual beautiful bodyAll beautiful bodiesBeautiful soulsBeautiful lawsBeautiful knowledge (math)Beauty itselfPlatonic theory of formsProperties of forms: - Always is; neither comes to be nor passes away - Always singularly one thing, “itself by itself”- Other beautiful things share in that One Thing- Can’t be physicalAlcibiades - Nephew of famous statesmen Pericles- Youngest general of Athens, brilliant tactician, brave soldier- Flamboyant, beloved, cunning, courageous- Betrayed Athens to the Spartans, executed- Speech in praise of Socrates, love of
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