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Plato's Symposium

By Richard Hunter

Plato's Symposium Philosophy

Plato's Symposium

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Description
Plato's Symposium tells of a dinner party at a crucial point in Athenian history at which the guests decide that they will each in turn deliver a speech in praise of love. The humorous and brilliant work that follows points the way towards all Western thinking about love. The Symposium is also one of Plato's most sophisticated meditations on the practice of philosophy. This book introduces the literary and historical context of Plato's work, surveys and explains the arguments, and considers why Plato has cast this work in a highly unusual narrative form. A final chapter traces the influence of the Symposium from antiquity to the modern day.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
168
Release Date:
2004-08-05
Publication Date:
2004-06-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0195160800
ISBN13:
9780195160802
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
188 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
10 cm
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