Plato on Love

Plato on Love
Author: Plato
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2006-06-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1603840591


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This collection features Plato's writings on sex and love in the preeminent translations of Stanley Lombardo, Paul Woodruff and Alexander Nehamas, D. S. Hutchinson, and C. D. C. Reeve. Reeve's Introduction provides a wealth of historical information about Plato and Socrates, and the sexual norms of classical Athens. His introductory essay looks closely at the dialogues themselves and includes the following sections: Socrates and the Art of Love; Socrates and Athenian Paiderastia; Loving Socrates; Love and the Ascent to the Beautiful; The Art and Psychology of Love Explained; and Writing about Love.


Plato on Love
Language: en
Pages: 270
Authors: Plato
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-06-15 - Publisher: Hackett Publishing

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This collection features Plato's writings on sex and love in the preeminent translations of Stanley Lombardo, Paul Woodruff and Alexander Nehamas, D. S. Hutchin
Plato's Dialogue on Friendship
Language: en
Pages: 234
Authors: Plato
Categories: Family & Relationships
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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Originally published in 1979, Plato's Dialogue on Friendship is the first book-length interpretation of the Lysis in English, offering both a full analysis and
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Language: en
Pages: 114
Authors: Alain Badiou
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-27 - Publisher: New Press/ORIM

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The renowned French philosopher’s “ode to love’s power to unite in the face of eternity, and its optimism in the face of pain” (Publishers Weekly). In a
Philosophy and Love
Language: en
Pages: 176
Authors: Linnell Secomb
Categories: Electronic books
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher:

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Philosophy and Love introduces historical and contemporary philosophical reflections on love. It brings together philosophy with cultural analysis to provide an
Plato's Symposium
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Frisbee Sheffield
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-07-20 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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Frisbee Sheffield argues that the Symposium has been unduly marginalized by philosophers. Although the topic - eros - and the setting at a symposium have seemed