SEMINAR ON PHILOSOPHICAL EDUCATION IN SEMINARIES: PROSPECTS AND PERSPECTIVES

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Abstract

Socrates was a threat! He chose to stand by his convictions and was willing to die for them! This simple historical fact, reflected in its depth, can guide our discussions for the coming days. Why was he a threat? There is no easy answer to this question. Our only guess is that he was a person context-sensitive and close to his people and history. Unfortunately he was made into a Shaman and his thoughts were canonized. The person and his thoughts were removed from their context and fossilized! This was the beginning of an empty repetition! Plato, his illustrious student, was the first to take distance from him and thus becoming a counter-culture to his own mentor! Plato was soon transformed into a symbolic figure of Greek wisdom.