Donald Robertson

Socrates, at the beginning of the conversation, asks his son whether his mother really cares for him and whether she's made many sacrifices to help him. And Lamprocles actually admits quite easily. He says, yeah, my mum's dedicated her life to helping me when I'm sick.

Socrates, at the beginning of the conversation, asks his son whether his mother really cares for him and whether she's made many sacrifices to help him. And Lamprocles actually admits quite easily. He says, yeah, my mum's dedicated her life to helping me when I'm sick.

my mother nurses me like she spent all of her time raising me she's done everything for me but Socrates she just really annoys me when she's nagging me like I don't know how I could possibly put up with it and Socrates uses this amazing analogy um that just it's one of my favorite things that he says he says in the theater when you're going to see a tragedy being performed for example

my mother nurses me like she spent all of her time raising me she's done everything for me but Socrates she just really annoys me when she's nagging me like I don't know how I could possibly put up with it and Socrates uses this amazing analogy um that just it's one of my favorite things that he says he says in the theater when you're going to see a tragedy being performed for example

my mother nurses me like she spent all of her time raising me she's done everything for me but Socrates she just really annoys me when she's nagging me like I don't know how I could possibly put up with it and Socrates uses this amazing analogy um that just it's one of my favorite things that he says he says in the theater when you're going to see a tragedy being performed for example

Do the actors not really say things that are much more vicious and insulting and hostile than anything your mother ever says? And Lampicli says, well, yeah, of course they do. But you don't understand, Socrates, they're just acting. It's not real, right? That's the difference. And Socrates says, but you just told me a few moments ago

Do the actors not really say things that are much more vicious and insulting and hostile than anything your mother ever says? And Lampicli says, well, yeah, of course they do. But you don't understand, Socrates, they're just acting. It's not real, right? That's the difference. And Socrates says, but you just told me a few moments ago

Do the actors not really say things that are much more vicious and insulting and hostile than anything your mother ever says? And Lampicli says, well, yeah, of course they do. But you don't understand, Socrates, they're just acting. It's not real, right? That's the difference. And Socrates says, but you just told me a few moments ago

that you believe that your mother doesn't really mean you harm, but fundamentally she cares for you, right? So sometimes she might seem really annoying, but in general, she actually cares for you a lot.

that you believe that your mother doesn't really mean you harm, but fundamentally she cares for you, right? So sometimes she might seem really annoying, but in general, she actually cares for you a lot.

that you believe that your mother doesn't really mean you harm, but fundamentally she cares for you, right? So sometimes she might seem really annoying, but in general, she actually cares for you a lot.

And what he's encouraging Lampocles to do is to kind of look beyond the impression that he has of his mother in those moments and think more about her personality as a whole in a more rounded and complete way by using reason to think about who is your mother really? What is the nature of your relationship with her, really? It's more than just the nagging. That might be part of it.

And what he's encouraging Lampocles to do is to kind of look beyond the impression that he has of his mother in those moments and think more about her personality as a whole in a more rounded and complete way by using reason to think about who is your mother really? What is the nature of your relationship with her, really? It's more than just the nagging. That might be part of it.

And what he's encouraging Lampocles to do is to kind of look beyond the impression that he has of his mother in those moments and think more about her personality as a whole in a more rounded and complete way by using reason to think about who is your mother really? What is the nature of your relationship with her, really? It's more than just the nagging. That might be part of it.

It might be something you don't like. But by focusing only on that and putting it under a magnifying glass, you exaggerate your anger. But if you think about her personality as a whole, then it becomes just one small part, and it becomes less upsetting. Maybe you become more able to tolerate it.

It might be something you don't like. But by focusing only on that and putting it under a magnifying glass, you exaggerate your anger. But if you think about her personality as a whole, then it becomes just one small part, and it becomes less upsetting. Maybe you become more able to tolerate it.

It might be something you don't like. But by focusing only on that and putting it under a magnifying glass, you exaggerate your anger. But if you think about her personality as a whole, then it becomes just one small part, and it becomes less upsetting. Maybe you become more able to tolerate it.

So in some ways it's tricky to define and in some ways it's easy. There's a lot of nuance to it. And Socrates doesn't sit down at any point and say, hey, let me just explain my methods to you briefly. Instead, what we see is example after example of him using his method in various different ways. So we have to kind of infer how he's doing it.

So in some ways it's tricky to define and in some ways it's easy. There's a lot of nuance to it. And Socrates doesn't sit down at any point and say, hey, let me just explain my methods to you briefly. Instead, what we see is example after example of him using his method in various different ways. So we have to kind of infer how he's doing it.

So in some ways it's tricky to define and in some ways it's easy. There's a lot of nuance to it. And Socrates doesn't sit down at any point and say, hey, let me just explain my methods to you briefly. Instead, what we see is example after example of him using his method in various different ways. So we have to kind of infer how he's doing it.