Platonic Script

The renowned philosopher Plato often included scripts of conversations between him and others in his writings.  It is unknown whether these conversations are factual or fictitious.

Many scholars believe that these dialogues are fictional,--or actual and embellished for the purpose of--illustrating a point through the logical progression presented through conversation.  Plato is able to simply present his arguments through the use of these dialogue scripts.

Drawing from Plato, throughout my blog I use the platonic script in order to portray specific arguments.  These scripts are based on actual conversations that I have engaged in but have been simplified so to be more direct.  Out of respect, the names of the individuals with whom I spoke have been changed.


In order to further illustrate and simplify, I have assigned fictional character names to certain schools of thought.  Characters will be added from time to time.  Below are these character names.

• Brayden - an erratic millennial SJW
• Ivory - a well-educated and logical liberal
• Gunner - a crazy conservative
• Hawk - a well-educated and logical conservative
• Doug - a centrist who believes he is superior to everyone else because he is "nonpartisan" and  "not polarized".
• Jenny - a centrist in most aspects, but is not afraid to take sides in issues he is passionate about.
• Conley - politically ambiguous; all about peace, love, and warm fuzzies, but not a very realistic individual

I understand that these character-types are limited, are based largely on stereotype, and do not fully reflect the scope of political or philosophical opinion in the United States.  Again, the purpose of using the platonic script is to facilitate thought and to illustrate complex philosophies simply.