Was socrates gay
Socrates &#; Sophocles Statues
History
Many New York City widespread parks and playgrounds are named in honor of prominent figures in New York City and American history. The NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project compiled a list of public parks and playgrounds named after gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals, several of which intentionally honor an LGBT individual. In addition, there are memorials that honor LGBT individuals. This list includes the Socrates and Sophocles Statues in The Park at Athens Square in Queens.
The nine-acre Park at Athens Square, on 30th Avenue in Astoria, Queens, was formerly a school playground and adjacent park opened in and , respectively. After the City funded reconstruction in , the area’s Greek-American community wanted it turned into a neighborhood gathering place. Architect Stamatios P. Lykos created a central court with an amphitheater and sculptural elements, a recreational space, and perimeter seating. The park was completed in The focal point of the central court is three Doric columns and four statues of Greek figures. These inclu
A couple of weeks ago a seven o&#;clock appointment a several blocks from work forced me to have an early dinner at a cheap Mediterranean place downstairs from my office. The only other customers were three college-age guys who were halfway through their meal. Their accents marked them as working-class, from some outer borough or other, first- or second-generation immigrants, very common at the branch of City College near my office.
As I sat eating my falafel sandwich and reading my novel, I couldn&#;t help over notice their conversation, especially since it happened to be about one of my favorite topics: college philosophy classes. One of the guys was apparently enrolled in one and was telling his friends about it, the words tumbling out almost breathlessly in his blunt syntax.
&#;Yo, and so Socrates, he was going to be executed, and he could have escaped, his friends were going to bribe the jailers to let him go, yo, and he said he&#;d rather stay and be executed because he wouldn&#;t break the law. And he had this spirit that told him he should ask people questions about what&#;s go
Philosophy Forum
@Pepijn Sweep,
It is only the trails that one goes through in their life that teaches and defines a person, Socrates sexulaity was never a trial so was never something to really gleen any knowledge from, it was not a question, so does not demand solving.
Was Socrates gay? Who cares as long as you observe the brilliance he gave without doubting it or confusing it with sexuality, his or yours.
Would his words teach you more if he were gay? Not unless you are trying to teach yourself something, frankly useless.
His wisdom was not sexualy based, why should we be biased one way or the other?
You must remember sexuality is not who we are, is not even our identity really, it is a small mind that concludes you as a matter of sex, your sex or by others sex. That includes yourself seeing yourself as more or less of a person because of your sexuality. These people do not matter and if you think it does you lose as well. No better, no worse.
Unless a trial and has taught you something you could not learn
Greek Homosexuality
Homosexuality: sexual attraction to persons of the same sex. In ancient Greece, this was a normal practice.
Introduction
Violent debate, enthusiastic writings, shamefaced silence, flights of fantasy: few aspects of ancient society are so hotly contested as Greek pederasty, or - as we shall see below - homosexuality. Since the British classicist K.J. Dover published his adj book Greek Homosexuality in , an avalanche of new studies has appeared. We can discern two approaches:
- The historical approach: scholars are looking for the (hypothetical) roots of pederasty in very ancient initiation rites and verb to reconstruct a development. Usually, a lot of fantasy is required, because our sources act not often refer to these ancient rites.
- The synchronistic approach: scholars concentrate upon homosexuality in fifth and fourth-century Athens, where it was integral part of social life.
In the present article, we will use the second approach, although we won't ignore the first one. There are many sources of evidence: lyrical poetry, vases, s