given are based on the philosopical matter of love, what it means for the Athenians that each say their speeches, and converse amongst each other about the matter. The story begins with an introductory dialogue where a man named Apollodorus encounters a man named Glaucon who asks Apollodorus about the gathering that took place in Agathon’s house. Apollodorus tells the man that Aristodemus, a good friend of his was the one who told him the story about the gathering and the speeches that were given
Plato’s dialogue The Phaedrus focuses around character Socrates and Phaedrus conversing in a wide range of topics that includes, love, rhetoric, writing, and philosophy. Throughout the dialogue Socrates delivers speeches to argue against the deceiving characteristics of rhetoric and explain how true knowledge is obtained. Through these speeches Socrates is trying to convince a skeptical Phaedrus to seek out true knowledge and to not be blinded by the persuasion of rhetoric. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
ambition? Moreover, what was Caesar so ambitious about? In this essay, I am going to talk about Brutus’ funeral speech and whether it was more effective than Antony’s, what rhetorical appeals both Brutus and Antony used, and if having too much ambition is a bad thing. In my opinion, Brutus had the better funeral speech he was unapologetic on why he killed Caesar and
Diotima asks Socrates why love is of exquisite things so while love composes of wants for all kinds of good things and pleasure those who are money makers, athletes do not generally call lovers. Diotima dismissed the idea of lovers that are in search of their soul mates. Diotima and Socrates both agree that love is a pleasure to have the benefits forever. Diotima asks why people pursue love. She claims that love’s function is giving birth to beauty in both the body and mind. People replete with riches
Beauty or Good: What is Love? When love is present in a relationship, there is a “journey” that each lover must go on. This internal journey helps to define the intensity of the love between the lover and the loved object. In Plato’s Symposium, in Diotima’s speech, Socrates claims that “love is wanting to possess the good forever” (52). This means that for one to love, they have to essentially travel through this “journey” until they have reached a point where they do not only want the external beauty
who had been fired from their jobs and the military during the cold war” (Zillman). People across the world listened and watched his speech. Justin Trudeau’s use of rhetorical devices in “I Am Sorry. We Are Sorry” outlined the history of oppression of the LGBTQ community in Canada, apologized to those oppressed, and reminded the world that “[we] are all worthy of love and deserving of respect” (Trudeau as quoted in Zillman). Prime Minister Justin Trudeau outlined the Canadian history of oppression
Steve Jobs’ commencement speech to Stanford Freshman in 2005 is a very powerful speech. In his speech, he addressed three life values that he takes heart to: connecting the dots, love and loss, and death. His main argument throughout the speech is to pursue what you want in life through all obstacles, because life is too short to stand around and watch it pass. Jobs aims to encourage college students to not follow a goal if it doesn’t make you happy. Near the end of his speech, he delivers a great message
happening until he was informed that Martin Luther King was assassinated. As he heard the new about Martin Luther King, he wrote his speech on his way to the event. The article “Martin Luther King’s Eulogy by Robert F. Kennedy” was a speech about Martin Luther King being informed to the people because they were unaware of this tragic event happening to be their leader and was assassinated. He’s tone of his speech was calm, sad and motivated.
Plato’s Symposium provides six varying perspectives on love, each presented in different forms ranging from entertaining tales (Aristophanes) to formal rhetoric (Agathon). However, the most spectacular of the speeches on love comes from Socrates who pulls bits from the others’ dialogues and subtly incorporates them into his own to create the broad definition of love, encompassing both the love of wisdom and the love of various forms of beauty. His speech also serves as a defense in Plato’s Apology, where
Introduction: "No big deal. Just three stories" Steve Jobs (Transcript Line 4 = TL4) said in the beginning of his speech in Stanford University commencement ceremony in 2005. My analysis will argue that in these three life stories Jobs shares with the audience his life philosophy, and suggest that if they listen to his tips, they would have a better life. I am interested to understand which artistic and rhetorical tools he used to persuade the audience in his ideas. My question is whether Steve