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10797431 No.10797431 [Reply] [Original]

Irrefutable fact: the best Platonic dialogues do not have Socrates in them.

This thread is not intended for discussion, but for euphoric exaltation and agreement at this idea. Please proceed.

>> No.10797434

>>10797431
you start

>> No.10797463

Irrefutable fact: OP have never read Plato and is also a faggot.

>> No.10797464

EUGHHHHH yeAH WHAT A GOOD FACT.

OHHHHH YEAH BABY

>> No.10797466

>>10797431
>implying the old man from Athens in the "Night Watch" isn't Socrates

>> No.10797471

>>10797466
>implying that every single person alive and dead since times imemorial isent actualy Socrates
He is transcendent.

>> No.10797508

Socrates' humour is sorely missed in the dialogues he's not in.

>> No.10797513

>>10797508
Fact: that opinion is false

>> No.10797743

>>10797464
AAAAH AAAAAAH
AAAAAAAH FUCK YOU SOCRATES!!
AAAAAAOOUH!!
OUOULUUOULUOUL SOCRATES FUCK YOU NASTY CUNT AAAAAAAOUAH!

>> No.10797848

>>10797431
Irrefutable fact: OP's opinion has not been rendered true, which means that it cannot be a guide to good action (shitposting) and OP has not undergone anamnesis in order to obtain the knowledge that Symposium is the best dialogue fite me irl

>> No.10797992

>>10797848
Gorgias is the best, no doubt. Symposium is a close contender tho

>> No.10798028
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10798028

>>10797431
Which dialogues don't have Socrates in them?

>> No.10798046

>>10797431
Not trying to discuss, really just curious, what makes you feel that way?

>> No.10798049

>>10797513
Opinion: that fact is untrue

>> No.10798057

>>10798028

The Laws has an 'Athenian Stranger'.
Some have identified him as Socrates though.

>> No.10798109

>>10797848
>>10797992
Phaedo is necessarily the best dialogue by Plato.

>> No.10798391

Socrates is an idealization of man, not an actual person

>> No.10798403

>>10797431
>fact
>best
woah woah woah calm down there mister VALUE-THEORIST