Name: Plato on Love Lysis, Symposium, Phaedrus, Alcibiades, with Selections from Republic and Laws
ISBN: 9780872207899

by Plato, Reeve, C. D. C., Reeve, C. D. C.

Plato on Love Lysis, Symposium, Phaedrus, Alcibiades, with Selections from Republic and Laws

by Plato, Reeve, C. D. C., Reeve, C. D. C.

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ISBN-13: 9780872207899
ISBN: 0872207897
Publication Date: 2006
Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc

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Plato, Reeve, C. D. C., Reeve, C. D. C.

SUMMARY

This collection provides the essential readings for a course on Plato's views of sex and love, or a main component of more general courses on ideas of sex and love. Featured are the pre-eminent translations of Paul Woodruff, Alexander Nehamas, D S Hutchinson, Stanley Lombardo, and C D C Reeve. Reeve's general 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 sections on the following topics: Socrates and the Art of Love; Socrates and Athenian Paiderastia; Loving Socrates; Love and the Assent to the Beautiful; The Art and Psychology of Love Explained; and Writing about Love. A selected bibliography is also included.Plato is the author of 'Plato on Love Lysis, Symposium, Phaedrus, Alcibiades, with Selections from Republic and Laws', published 2006 under ISBN 9780872207899 and ISBN 0872207897.

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