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Plato The Symposium
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Author : Frisbee C. C. Sheffield
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2008-04-24
Plato The Symposium written by Frisbee C. C. Sheffield and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-24 with Philosophy categories.
Plato's Symposium, written in the early part of the 4th century BC, is set at a drinking party (symposium) attended by some of the leading intellectuals of the day, including Aristophanes, the comic dramatist, Socrates, Plato's mentor, and Alcibiades, the brilliant but (eventually) treacherous politician. Each guest gives a speech in praise of the benefits of desire and its role in the good and happy human life. At the core of the work stands Socrates' praise of philosophical desire, and an argument for the superiority of the philosophical life as the best route to happiness. This edition provides an accessible and engaging new translation by M. C. Howatson, and a substantial introduction, by Frisbee C. C. Sheffield, which guides the reader through the various parts of the dialogue and reflects on its central arguments. A chronology and detailed notes on the participants help to set this enduring work in context.
Symposium
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Author : Plato
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1994
Symposium written by Plato and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In this celebrated masterpiece Plato imagines a high-society dinner party in Athens in 416 B.C. at which the guests each deliver a short speech in praise of love.
The Symposium
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Author : Plato
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2016-12-15
The Symposium written by Plato and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-15 with Love categories.
In his brilliant dialogue, Symposium, Plato presents an imaginary dinner-party set in Athens in 416 BC where the guests include Aristophanes, Socrates and the most popular Athenian of his day, golden boy Alcibiades. The sequence of dazzling speeches culminates in Socrates' famous account of the views of Diotima, a prophetess who taught him that love is our means of trying to attain goodness.
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Author : Plato
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2018-09-18
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A fascinating discussion on sex, gender, and human instincts by one of history’s greatest philosophers. In the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on desire. From their conversation emerges a series of subtle reflections on gender roles, sex in society, and basic human instincts. The debate precedes one great after another: Agathon, Aristodemus, Eryximachus, Pausanias, Aristophanes, and Socrates—all describing love in many possible permutations and combinations. The dialogue culminates in a radical challenge to conventional views by Plato’s mentor, Socrates, who advocates transcendence through spiritual love. The Symposium is a deft interweaving of different viewpoints and ideas about the nature of love.
The Symposium
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Author : Plato
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
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Excerpt: ...sort is there any disgrace in being deceived, but in every other case there is equal disgrace in being or not being deceived. For he who is gracious to his lover under the impression that he is rich, and is disappointed of his gains because he turns out to be poor, is disgraced all the same: for he has done his best to show that he would give himself up to any one's 'uses base' for the sake of money; but this is not honourable. And on the same principle he who gives himself to a lover because he is a good man, and in the hope that he will be improved by his company, shows himself to be virtuous, even though the object of his affection turn out to be a villain, and to have no virtue; and if he is deceived he has committed a noble error. For he has proved that for his part he will do anything for anybody with a view to virtue and improvement, than which there can be nothing nobler. Thus noble in every case is the acceptance of another for the sake of virtue. This is that love which is the love of the heavenly godess, and is heavenly, and of great price to individuals and cities, making the lover and the beloved alike eager in the work of their own improvement. But all other loves are the offspring of the other, who is the common goddess. To you, Phaedrus, I offer this my contribution in praise of love, which is as good as I could make extempore. Pausanias came to a pause
Plato S Symposium
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Author : Plato
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2013-01-07
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Plato, Allan Bloom wrote, is "the most erotic of philosophers," and his Symposium is one of the greatest works on the nature of love ever written. This new edition brings together the English translation of the renowned Plato scholar and translator, Seth Benardete, with two illuminating commentaries on it: Benardete's "On Plato's Symposium" and Allan Bloom's provocative essay, "The Ladder of Love." In the Symposium, Plato recounts a drinking party following an evening meal, where the guests include the poet Aristophanes, the drunken Alcibiades, and, of course, the wise Socrates. The revelers give their views on the timeless topics of love and desire, all the while addressing many of the major themes of Platonic philosophy: the relationship of philosophy and poetry, the good, and the beautiful.
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Author : Plato
language : en
Publisher: Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.
Release Date : 2011-09-15
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The Symposium (Ancient Greek: Συμπόσιον) is a philosophical dialogue written by Plato sometime after 385 BC. It is a discussion on the nature of love, taking the form of a group of speeches, both satirical and serious, given by a group of men at a symposium or a wine drinking gathering at the house of the tragedian Agathon at Athens.
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language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 1953
Symposium written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1953 with Microbiology categories.
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Author : Plato
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-08-08
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The Symposium is a philosophical text by Plato dated c. 385-370 BC. It concerns itself at one level with the genesis, purpose and nature of love, and (in latter-day interpretations) is the origin of the concept of Platonic love. Love is examined in a sequence of speeches by men attending a symposium, or drinking party. Each man must deliver an encomium, a speech in praise of Love (Eros). Plato sets the action at a party hosted by the poet Agathon to celebrate his first victory in a dramatic competition, the Dionysia of 416 BCE. There a discussion develops between the guests on the theme of love. Socrates in his speech asserts that the highest purpose of love is to become a philosopher or, literally, a lover of wisdom. Commonly regarded as one of Plato's major works, the dialogue has been used as a source by social historians seeking to throw light on life in ancient Athens - in particular, upon human sexuality and the symposium as an institution. The Symposium was written as a dramatic dialogue - a form used by Plato in more than thirty works - and, according to Walter Hamilton, it is his most perfect one. Set in Athenian social life, it develops the themes of love and also of Socrates' character. There is little doubt that the content of the dialogue is fictitious, although Plato has built a very realistic atmosphere. The dialogue's seven major speeches are delivered by: Phaedrus (speech begins 178a): was an Athenian aristocrat associated with the inner-circle of the philosopher Socrates, familiar from Phaedrus and other dialogues. Pausanias (speech begins 180c): the legal expert. Eryximachus (speech begins 186a): a physician. Aristophanes (speech begins 189c): the eminent comic playwright. Agathon (speech begins 195a): a tragic poet, host of the banquet, that celebrates the triumph of his first tragedy. Socrates (speech begins 201d): the eminent philosopher and Plato's teacher. Alcibiades (speech begins 214e): a prominent Athenian statesman, orator and general. Plato's Symposium is one of the best loved classics from the ancient world, a work of consummate beauty as both philosophy and as literature, most appropriate since the topic of this dialogue is the nature of love and includes much philosophizing on beauty. Scroll Up and Get Your Copy! Oz Books: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6426287 TIK-TOK of OZ https://www.createspace.com/6353841 Ozma of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6356346 Glinda of OZ https://www.createspace.com/6461890 The Scarecrow of OZ https://www.createspace.com/6461981 The Marvelous Land of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6462832 Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz https://www.createspace.com/6464450 The Road to Oz by https://www.createspace.com/6464521 The Emerald City of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6464602 The Patchwork Girl of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6464682 The Lost Princess of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6465342 The Tin Woodman of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6466582 Rinkitink in Oz https://www.createspace.com/6464764 The Magic of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6466620 Grimm's Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimmhttps://www.createspace.com/6440051 Sky Island by L. Frank Baumhttps://www.createspace.com/6446563 The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnetthttps://www.createspace.com/6455917
Symposium
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Author : Plato
language : en
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
Release Date : 2005-03-01
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In his celebrated masterpiece, Symposium, Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in 416 BC. The guests--including the comic poet Aristophanes and Plato's mentor Socrates--each deliver a short speech in praise of love. The sequence of dazzling speeches culminates in Socrates'famous account of the views of Diotima, a prophetess who taught him that love is our means of trying to attain goodness, and a brilliant sketch of Socrates himself by a drunken Alcibiades, the most popular and notorious Athenian of the time. Engaging the reader on every page, this new translationconveys the power, humor, and pathos of Plato's creation and is complemented by full explanatory notes and an illuminating introduction.