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Don`t Worry about Socrates - Three Plays for Television (Hardcover)
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Don`t Worry about Socrates - Three Plays for Television (Hardcover)
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This book exemplifies Pieper's skills as a communicator. Despite
his concentration on the depths-which, beneath the stormy surface
level of life, he is constantly able to plumb-Pieper is able to
stage his profoundest thoughts. Here, in a clear and appealing
Pieper re-enacts the central meanings of three of Plato's most
famous dialogues, all touching on the central purpose of life: how
do we gain by giving, what is love and how do we show it, what is
the purpose of our action and where do we find full happiness? In
the first of the three plays, Gorgias: Or the Abuse of Words and
Power, he is able to vent his concerns about the dishonest use of
language for purely political purposes or for purely personal
advancement. Socrates contends that gaining power does not lead to
happiness, and that, in the end, suffering wrong is to be preferred
over doing wrong. In the second of the plays, The Symposium,
Socrates sits back and listens to all the speakers say what they
understand by Eros, for love is seen here in many forms from the
speakers. Then, when his turn comes, he merely reports the wise
words which Diotima spoke to him about the highest form of
Eros-which is love of that which is beautiful in itself, that "is"
eternal, that neither becomes nor passes away. In the third play,
The Death of Socrates (from Plato's dialogue Phaedo) Pieper shows
how Socrates' profound values enable him to face death with
equanimity. Even his close disciples and friends (Plato is absent)
are nonplussed as they witness his total selfless integrity.
Without popularizing, this book succeeds in highlighting some
fundamental issues which are not only central to Plato's thought,
but are also shown to be acutely relevant to our current society.
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