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Should I read Plato's own philosophy before delving into pic related in order to spot when Plato puts words in his mouth?

Or does it even matter? How can we really know that Plato wasn't full of shit ? Is there a good book on the socratic problem itself?

What's your take on this?

socrates, so we wouldnt have to rely on 2nd hand accounts anymore

If Socrates saw what constitutes philosophy with its abstruse jargon and murky thinking he would reject it just like he rejected everything similar for the bullshit it is.

If you like "philosophy" as it is today and think Socrates would be your bro were he alive today, you've got another thing coming.

>Few philosophy professors would dare advocate Socrates' bizarre claim that philosophy is divine erotic madness.