Plato's Symposium: A Critical Guide

ISBN-13: 9781107525696 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 280 str.

Pierre Destree; Zina Giannopoulou

Opis

A comprehensive and incisive treatment of this multi-layered dialogue and its main critical issues, focusing on the central theme of erōs.

Spis treści

1. Narrative temporalities and models of desire Zina Giannopoulou; 2. Unfamiliar voices: harmonizing the non-Socratic speeches and Plato's psychology Jeremy Reid; 3. A doctor's folly: diagnosing the speech of Eryximachus Franco V. Trivigno; 4. Aristophanic tragedy Suzanne Obdrzalek; 5. Divinization David Sedley; 6. Why Agathon's beauty matters Francisco Gonzalez; 7. Erōs and the pursuit of form F. C. C. Sheffield; 8. The mortal soul and immortal happiness Andrea Nightingale; 9. A fetish for fixity? Christopher Shields; 10. Generating in beauty for the sake of immortality: personal love and the goals of the lover Anthony W. Price; 11. Alcibiades the profane: images of the mysteries Radcliffe Edmonds; 12. How does contemplation make you happy? An ethical reading of Diotima's speech Pierre Destrée; 13. Eudaimonism and Platonic erōs Richard Kraut.