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Are Plato's dialogues real? Or did he just make them up
I mean the actual conversations
What's the difference?
>>7577765
nice to know
Back to high school kid.
Probably not real.
If that bothers you just remember the importance of mythology in the method
>>7577851
this
saged
>read the Republic
>imagine how long that whole talk must have lasted
>>7578105
A science oriented one in a third world country.
HOW CAN DIALOGUES BE REAL IF OUR INTERLOCUTORS AREN'T REAL
Stale joke, sorry. Seriously, though, are you stupid, OP? Or just dumb?
>>7578194
I chortled.
>>7578194
its just a question friend
i am not familiar with the man and his writing
>>7578208
Samefag. Back to reddit.
>>7578105
we read the republic in hs
florida
>>7577760
Useless question. Real or fake, Plato's dialogues are revolutionary.
>>7578217
Just kidding, mate.
Considering most of the dialogues were written years after they supposedly took place, it seems very unlikely that they occurred exactly as depicted. But the characters contained in them were real people, as corroborated by other works, and Socrates was known to behave much in the way he is described as behaving.
>>7578217
the joke is from the fact socrates wrote nothing
but it is not likely plato invented everything since a lot of later greek philosophers also had only their students write for them, their existence is unquestioned
>>7578127
Brazil?
Protagoras happened.
Parmenides happened.
Gorgias happened.
The Republic happened.
Symposium happened.
Alcibiades x Socrates happened.
It all happened, in the World of Ideas.
>>7577760
Plato wrote his books, he thought philosophical concepts are best discussed with others who offer feedback and further discussion. Hence why it's called the "Socratic method".
>>7577760
Made them up, using figures he knew or who largely existed (with some question about Callicles, Timaeus, Diotima, the Eleatic Stranger, and the figures in the Laws).
>>7577760
Both senpai senpai
