A symposium during the time of Socrates was a place were men got together and drank, gambled, and sex with prostitutes. The only women that were allowed in these meetings were the prostitutes and the women playing instruments, to enhance the mood. The deeper meaning of these meetings were to discuss the philosophy of many different matters. The four main things that they came up with during these conversations were the 4 "cardinal" virtues, and thoese were:
- Prudence (Knowledge)
- Fortitude (Bravery/Courage)
- Temperance (Moderation)
- Justice (Fairness)
Even though these are the ones that Socrates and his pupils came up with, they are solely in the eyes of the beholder. This means that everybody's perception of these topics are different. We discussed these four virtues, one if the topics was talking about how there is a fine line between courage and stupidity, we came up with that for it to qualify as being courage there has to be a reasonably purpose. Anyway after we did this, we came up with ideas saying that if we could add one more thing to this list of virtues, what would they be. We came up with many great ideas the one that stood out the most to me was, commitment. The reason that I say this is because it basically states how you can master all these virtues, you have to be committed to learn, committed to the act of bravery you are about to preform, and you really have to be committed to being fair and sharing the equality amongst others.
I thought that this was a great seminar and discussion, I can see now how Socrates and all his pupils could talk for hours about all these topics and questions. This discussion really made me think and opened my mind to many other thoughts and completely changed my perspective off all things "perfect."
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