037: How to Find Eternal Beauty - Plato

Lessons from ‘Symposium’ by Plato Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates, and a teacher of Aristotle. His works laid the foundational stones of Western philosophy and science The "Symposium" is one of Plato's most famous dialogues, set during a banquet attended by a group of notable Athenian men. The dialogue is a series of speeches the participants give, each extolling the nature and virtues of Eros (Love). - Ways to Support: Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/BecomingAntifragile⁠⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://ijmakan.substack.com/subscribe?=⁠⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://becomingantifragile.com/support⁠ - Shownotes 00:00 - Introduction 01:45 - Excerpt from ‘Symposium’ by Plato 05:44 - What’s happening in the Symposium 06:50 - Are you not whole until you find your other half? 10:10 - Why Socrates thinks everyone is wrong about love 11:15 - Phaedrus’s notion of self-sacrificial love 13:10 - Different types of love 15:20 - Socrates correcting Agathon on Eros 21:10 - Love is of something that you’re desire 25:18 - Love in on continuum ferrying between the immortal and mortal realm 28:50 - How Diotima initiates Socrates through the ladder of love 42:10 - The Beautiful and Tao 44:00 - The Beautiful makes life meaningful, become a philosopher 47: 15 - Humans seek immortality, true immortality is found in birthing virtues 50:48 - Challenges

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