Philosophy Notes Diotima s Ladder bottom to top Individual beautiful body All beautiful bodies Beautiful souls Beautiful laws Beautiful knowledge math Beauty itself Platonic theory of forms Properties of forms Alcibiades 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 physical 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 knowledge
View Full Document