What credentials did Socrates have to make you listen to his philosophy? I don’t understand this statement. No one got credentials, do I need to be a king to say my opinion?
We (humans) found ourselves ways to replace certain feelings with other unnatural actions. For example, humans by nature want to conquer land. Today, instead of conquering land, we do it in other ways: we work for money, and that way we buy houses, or being a manager, etc.
I don’t want this to become personal and tell you what you feel, so I’m trying to be objective here.
As allegedly rational beings, one of our shortcomings is our inability to understand the irrational/absurd. This is where a lot of existentialism comes from. It’s also a delightful source of comedy.
Camus had some great talking points regarding this. Kierkegaard’s “leap into faith” can also apply there too, even without the religious leanings.
What credentials did Socrates have to make you listen to his philosophy?
He explicitly said that he knew nothing. He was one of the few people willing to say that, which is why people listened to him. And what he did was question: not answer.
Which of Socrates works would you say is your favorite?
BTW, how would you explain someone loving someone, then break up, then loving someone else and not loving the previous person anymore?
My explanation would be that the feeling being felt between the two in the first instance was not love.
EDIT: I suppose another alternative could be that the person that was fallen in love with is no longer the person present. In which case, feelings were felt under false pretenses.
Lust and infatuation are frequently mistaken for love. Love is something that develops over time. You are also capable of loving more than one person. It’s not like a soulmate thing where there is only the one person who can ever be for you. Love can fade and it can be strengthened.
Ever hate that you love someone? I’ve been there. Knowing that you can’t be with someone you love and by all measures it would be better to move on, but you can’t. It’s love.
Other reason was that he happened to be part of a political movement that lost the power struggle in Athens.
There’s a hint of truth here too.
And love is a difficult thing to define (which has been tried several times already). Not all love is the same. Some may say you love each individual differently.
This is a limitation in the English language that doesn’t exist in other languages. We can’t simply say love, we have to provide detail around which kind of love - romantic, brotherly, deep care, familial, etc.
Often times, with exes, the love that still exists is deep care. As you spent a good portion of your life with them. Despite how hard some of those years may have been, there is still a love for them. Falling out of love, usually refers to romantic love.
