- Virtue cannot be taught, it must be innate to us. (recollected) 22.02.2012 Symposium A drinking party where the questions of beauty and love are discussed. In the early speeches love is praised and good and bad kinds of love (i.e. lust) are described. Love is the oldest god; there are two kinds of love: 1. Vile (physical) honorable (spiritual) 2. Honorable dishonorable 3. Healthy unhealthy 4. Aristophanes comic play write 5. Agathon actor 6. Socrates 7. Alcibiades Aristophanes (a famous comic play write) describes man as having been split in two and that now each side seeks its other half At the end of the dialog Alcibiades, a good looking young man (who would later betray Athens), arrives drunk and complains that Socrates never used to pay attention to him although they were lovers. Alcibiades - Socrates: drunk vs. sober, young vs
without bringing any other tidings of him than the report which shortly prevailed in Meryton of his coming no more to Netherfield the whole winter; a report which highly incensed Mrs. Bennet, and which she never failed to contradict as a most scandalous falsehood. Even Elizabeth began to fear--not that Bingley was indifferent--but that his sisters would be successful in keeping him away. Unwilling as she was to admit an idea so destructive of Jane's happiness, and so dishonorable to the stability of her lover, she could not prevent its frequently occurring. The united efforts of his two unfeeling sisters and of his overpowering friend, assisted by the attractions of Miss Darcy and the amusements of London might be too much, she feared, for the strength of his attachment. As for Jane, her anxiety under this suspense was, of course, more painful than Elizabeth's, but whatever she felt she was desirous of concealing, and between herself and
cialdini@ asu.edu. Finally, more influence-relevant information can be obtained at www.lnfluenceatwork.com. R.B.C. Introduction I can admit it freely now. All my life I've been a patsy. For as long as I can recall, I've been an easy mark for the pitches of peddlers, fund-raisers, and operators of one sort or another. True, only some of these people have had dishonorable motives. The others-representatives of certain charitable agencies, for instance-have had the best of intentions. No matter. With personally disquieting frequency, I have al- ways found myself in possession of unwanted magazine subscriptions or tickets to the sanitation workers' ball. Probably this long-standing status as sucker accounts for my interest in the study of compliance: Just what are the factors that cause one person to say yes to another person