Plato's Symposium

2013-01-07 Philosophy

Author : Plato
Release : 2013-01-07
Genre : Philosophy
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Download or read book Plato's Symposium written by Plato. This book was released on 2013-01-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plato, Allan Bloom wrote, is "the most erotic of philosophers," and his Symposium is one of the greatest works on the nature of love ever written. This new edition brings together the English translation of the renowned Plato scholar and translator, Seth Benardete, with two illuminating commentaries on it: Benardete's "On Plato's Symposium" and Allan Bloom's provocative essay, "The Ladder of Love." In the Symposium, Plato recounts a drinking party following an evening meal, where the guests include the poet Aristophanes, the drunken Alcibiades, and, of course, the wise Socrates. The revelers give their views on the timeless topics of love and desire, all the while addressing many of the major themes of Platonic philosophy: the relationship of philosophy and poetry, the good, and the beautiful.

Plato's Symposium

2019-01-03 Philosophy

Author : Pierre Destrée
Release : 2019-01-03
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 696/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Plato's Symposium written by Pierre Destrée. This book was released on 2019-01-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plato's Symposium is an exceptionally multi-layered dialogue. At once a historical document, a philosophical drama that enacts abstract ideas in an often light-hearted way, and a literary masterpiece, it has exerted an influence that goes well beyond the confines of philosophy. The essays in this volume, by leading scholars, offer detailed analyses of all parts of the work, focusing on the central and much-debated theme of erōs or 'human desire' - which can refer both to physical desire or desire for happiness. They reveal thematic continuities between the prologue and the various speeches as well as between the speeches themselves, and present a rich collection of contrasting yet complementary readings of Diotima's speech. The volume will be invaluable for classicists and philosophers alike, and for all who are interested in one of Plato's most fascinating and challenging dialogues.

Plato's Symposium

2006-07-20 Philosophy

Author : Frisbee Sheffield
Release : 2006-07-20
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 822/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Plato's Symposium written by Frisbee Sheffield. This book was released on 2006-07-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frisbee Sheffield argues that the Symposium has been unduly marginalized by philosophers. Although the topic - eros - and the setting at a symposium have seemed anomalous, she demonstrates that both are intimately related to Plato's preoccupation with the nature of the good life, with virtue, and how it is acquired and transmitted. For Plato, analysing our desires is a way of reflecting on the kind of people we will turn out to be and on our chances of leading a worthwhile and happy life. In its focus on the question why he considered desires to be amenable to this type of reflection, this book explores Plato's ethics of desire.

Plato's Symposium

2006 Fiction

Author : James H. Lesher
Release : 2006
Genre : Fiction
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Download or read book Plato's Symposium written by James H. Lesher. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his Symposium, Plato crafted speeches in praise of love that has influenced writers and artists from antiquity to the present. But questions remain concerning the meaning of specific features, the significance of the dialogue as a whole, and the character of its influence. Here, an international team of scholars addresses such questions.

Plato

1975

Author : Plato
Release : 1975
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Download or read book Plato written by Plato. This book was released on 1975. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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