Gender Equity: In Search of Diotima's Place with the Ancient Philosophers. Gender Equity: In Search of Diotima's Place with the Ancient Philosophers.

Gender Equity: In Search of Diotima's Place with the Ancient Philosophers‪.‬

Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table 2007, Summer

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Gender Equity: In Search of Diotima's Place With the Ancient Philosophers Within the text of Plato's Symposium (Plato, trans. 1948) when it is Socrates turn to speak he defers to his teacher a woman named Diotima from Mantinea. Socrates recounts their conversations and shares both what and how she taught him. Socrates speaks of her as wise and knowledgeable on many subjects and his instructress. He said: "... it was she who taught me the philosophy of love (p. 553)." Diotima's voice, within the text, is strong and clear and for centuries her existence was not questioned. Yet contemporary historians and philosophers while studying and interpreting the text have turned her into a fictional character (Mialone, 1997). Margaret Walker argues that

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2007
22 June
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Forum on Public Policy
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