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Plato on Love
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Description for Plato on Love
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. The general Introduction provides historical information about Plato and Socrates, and the sexual norms of classical Athens. Editor(s): Reeve, C. D. C. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
This collection features Plato's writings on sex and love in the preeminent translations of Stanley Lombardo, Paul Woodruff and Alexander Nehamas, D. S. Hutchinson, and C. D. C. Reeve. Reeve's 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 the following sections: Socrates and the Art of Love; Socrates and Athenian Paiderastia; Loving Socrates; Love and the Ascent to the Beautiful; The Art and Psychology of Love Explained; and Writing about Love.
This collection features Plato's writings on sex and love in the preeminent translations of Stanley Lombardo, Paul Woodruff and Alexander Nehamas, D. S. Hutchinson, and C. D. C. Reeve. Reeve's 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 the following sections: Socrates and the Art of Love; Socrates and Athenian Paiderastia; Loving Socrates; Love and the Ascent to the Beautiful; The Art and Psychology of Love Explained; and Writing about Love.
Product Details
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9780872207899
SKU
V9780872207899
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About Error 2015
C. D. C. Reeve is Delta Kappa Epsilon Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Reviews for Plato on Love
This is a fabulous collection . . . . the translations of Plato's dialogues are the best I've ever read. The introductions are very enlightening.
Bruce Fink, Duquesne University
Bruce Fink, Duquesne University