Plato: Symposium
Kenneth Dover (ed.)
In the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on eros, or desire. From their conversation emerges a series of subtle reflections on gender roles, sex in society, and the sublimation of basic human instincts. The discussion culminates in a radical challenge to conventional views by Plato's mentor, Socrates, who advocates transcendence through spiritual love.The Symposiumis a deft interweaving of different viewpoints and ideas about the nature of love - as a response to beauty, a cosmic force, a motive for social action, and as a means of ethical education.
Translated with an introduction and notes by Christopher Gill
Translated with an introduction and notes by Christopher Gill
साल:
1980
प्रकाशन:
Cambridge University Press
भाषा:
english
पृष्ठ:
196
ISBN 10:
0521295238
ISBN 13:
9780521295239
श्रृंखला:
Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
फ़ाइल:
PDF, 23.99 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1980