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| 3 pm Saturday 22 March 2025 | in Brunswick | Guest Speaker: Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides | Bookings Essential CLOSED | Donations Accepted |
The session explores Plato’s representation of Socrates as a drunken follower of Dionysus in the Symposium, a description that opposes his statement that Socrates was never seen drunk (p. 220a). Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides will trace Plato’s use of drunkenness as a metaphor for philosophical initiation across his dialogues, notably the Phaedrus, the Phaedo, and the Laws.
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