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Socrates Alexander the Great Aristotle Plato Socrates taught Plato who taught Aristotle who taught Alexander the Great who created the first Western Empire (with this baton handed down to the Roman then British and finally the American Empire of today) Has there ever been such a close personal relationship between four of the world’s big, influential figures (and these guys are perhaps all in the top 10 of recorded history)? Plato said that wisdom cannot be taught in the way that subjects like maths can, but it leaps like an invisible spark between teacher and the right student. It is fair to say that alongside modern progress in science a lot of that ancient wisdom (that would allow us to use our wonderful tools of science) has been lost. Plato himself hid a lot of what he knew in puzzling dialogues that mostly feature Socrates in discussion with people of Athens on various philosophical and moral topics in the 5 th Century BC. Some of these puzzles are only now being uncovered (see Jay Kennedy’s recent work). One thing Plato did understand well was what motivates people – people are defined by what they love. Answer question 1-20 below marking how much you identify yourself with the two opposing words and phrases. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 Q19 Q20 -12 -10 -3 0 3 10 12 Spontaneous Routine Prone Random Predicable Wild Normal Obedient Chaotic Technical Artistic “Money makes the world go round” “The higher Spiritual power Should be in colntrol” ‘Mind’ over ‘Body’ ‘Body’ over ‘Mind’ Abstract Concrete Ideas Action Physical Work Mental Work “Reality is what I can See, Hear, Touch etc” “Concepts & Ideas are what’s truly Real ” Practical Thinker Experimenting Theorising “Like to lead on own projects” “Prefer to take direction” Like to study Like to exercise Solid Fluid Logic Intuition Improvised Planned Unconscious influenced In total control Natural goodness Law Total= =X Q1 Q3 Q5 (change sign) Q6 (change sign) Q8 Q11(change sign) Q12 Q15 Q17(change sign) Q19 Total= =Y Q2 Q4 (change sign) Q7 (change sign) Q9 Q10(change sign) Q13(change sign) Q14 Q16(change sign) Q18(change sign) Q20 -100-90-80-70-60-50-40-30-20-10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 -10 -20 -30 -40 -50 -60 -70 -80 -90 -100 Y X 1 2 5 4 7 6 3 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Philosopher: a lover of wisdom Prophet: has a broad vision, Warrior-King: bold, brave & Artist:often inspired in the way Statesman: a fair-minded leader Sophist: a bullshiter basically, Doctor: focused on maintaining Artisan: down-to-earth, and no but often a bit woolly. practical - sometimes too much bite! they represent reality - but art is at least one step removed from reality! Intelligent and spiritual - weaves the community together into a whole. Plato’s Personality Test with an understanding of rules and their place in society. Prone to over-caution and long-winded verbiage. and makes a living from it!! a healthy body. Interested in science and experiment. A too narrow focus? nonsense. Pleasure seeking, and money obsessed, though with some self-control. Add up your scores in these columns (and change sign where indicated) Plot your totals on the graph to discover your soul-type Warning this is not a scientific test - just a bit of fun that gets you thinking! Ancient Greece did have some strange ways of doing love - women were often no better than slaves, and this distorted the morals of the society. Plato and Socrates were well aware of these problems and had more enlightened views on women. However they would be critical of our society and it’s sex-obsessed Hedonism. For them “pleasure “ does not equal “good”! But they have some good advice for someone in love:- until you win that person over don’t let them know that you are in love with them: treat them mean to make them keen! For two reasons: 1. If you big-up and lavish the person you love with attention then you are really bigging up yourself. Because you are really saying that you must be so special to deserve such a wonderful person - the one you are trying to win. This unconscious arrogance Is off-putting. 2. Also by bigging that person up you make him or her harder to catch! And what kind of hunter scares off what they are trying to catch? Plato on Love -12 -10 -3 0 3 10 12 -12 -10 -3 0 3 10 12
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SocratesAlexanderthe Great
Aristotle Plato
Socrates taught Plato who taught Aristotle who taught Alexander the Great whocreated the first Western Empire (with this baton handed down to the Roman thenBritish and finally the American Empire of today) Has there ever been such a closepersonal relationship between four of the world’s big, influential figures (and theseguys are perhaps all in the top 10 of recorded history)? Plato said that wisdom cannot be taught in the way that subjects like maths can,but it leaps like an invisible spark between teacher and the right student. It is fair tosay that alongside modern progress in science a lot of that ancient wisdom (thatwould allow us to use our wonderful tools of science) has been lost. Plato himself hid a lot of what he knew in puzzling dialogues that mostly featureSocrates in discussion with people of Athens on various philosophical and moral topicsin the 5th Century BC. Some of these puzzles are only now being uncovered (see JayKennedy’s recent work).
One thing Plato did understand well was what motivates people – people aredefined by what they love.
Answer question 1-20 below marking how much you identify yourself with the twoopposing words and phrases.
Q1Q2Q3Q4Q5Q6Q7Q8Q9Q10
Q11
Q12
Q13
Q14
Q15
Q16
Q17
Q18
Q19
Q20
-12 -10 -3 0 3 10 12Spontaneous Routine Prone
Random Predicable
WildNormalObedient Chaotic
TechnicalArtistic
“Money makes theworld go round”
“The higher Spiritual powerShould be in colntrol”
‘Mind’ over ‘Body’ ‘Body’ over ‘Mind’
Abstract Concrete
Ideas Action
Physical Work Mental Work
“Reality is what I canSee, Hear, Touch etc”
“Concepts & Ideas are what’struly Real ”
Practical Thinker
Experimenting Theorising
“Like to leadon own projects” “Prefer to take direction”
Like to study Like to exercise
SolidFluid
Logic Intuition
Improvised Planned
Unconscious influenced In total control
Natural goodness Law
Total= =X
Q1Q3Q5 (change sign)
Q6 (change sign)
Q8Q11(change sign)
Q12Q15Q17(change sign)
Q19
Total= =Y
Q2Q4 (change sign)
Q7 (change sign)
Q9Q10(change sign)
Q13(change sign)
Q14Q16(change sign)
Q18(change sign)
Q20
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Philosopher: a lover of wisdom
Prophet: has a broad vision,
Warrior-King: bold, brave &
Artist:often inspired in the way
Statesman: a fair-minded leader
Sophist: a bullshiter basically,
Doctor: focused on maintaining
Artisan: down-to-earth, and no
but often a bit woolly.
practical - sometimes too much bite!
they represent reality - but art isat least one step removed from reality!
Intelligent and spiritual - weaves thecommunity together into a whole.
Plato’s Personality Test
with an understanding of rules and theirplace in society. Prone to over-cautionand long-winded verbiage.
and makes a living from it!!
a healthy body. Interested in scienceand experiment. A too narrow focus?
nonsense. Pleasure seeking, and moneyobsessed, though with some self-control.
Add up your scores in these columns(and change sign where indicated)
Plot your totals on the graph to discover your soul-type
Warning this is not a scientific test - just a bit of fun that gets you thinking!
Ancient Greece did havesome strange ways of doinglove - women were often nobetter than slaves, and thisdistorted the morals of thesociety. Plato and Socrateswere well aware of theseproblems and had moreenlightened views on women.However they would becritical of our society and it’ssex-obsessed Hedonism. Forthem “pleasure “ does notequal “good”! But they havesome good advice for someonein love:- until you win thatperson over don’t let themknow that you are in lovewith them: treat them meanto make them keen! For tworeasons:
1. If you big-up and lavishthe person you love withattention then you are reallybigging up yourself. Becauseyou are really saying thatyou must be so special todeserve such a wonderfulperson - the one you aretrying to win. This unconsciousarrogance Is off-putting.
2. Also by bigging thatperson up you make him orher harder to catch! Andwhat kind of hunter scaresoff what they are trying tocatch?
Plato on Love
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