Symposium
by
Plato
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Everyman's Library CLASSICS
ISBN-10
1857151941
ISBN-13
9781857151947
Publisher
Everyman
Imprint
Everyman's Library
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 22nd, 2000
Print length
248 Pages
Weight
376 grams
Dimensions
21.30 x 13.60 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500
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It has been said that, after the Bible, Plato's dialogues are the most influential books in Western culture. In both dialogues, Socrates plays the leading role, by turns teasing, arguing, analyzing, joking, inspiring, and cajoling his followers into understanding ideas that have remained central to Western thought through the centuries.
It has been said that, after the Bible, Plato''s dialogues are the most influential books in Western culture. And of the dialogues, the Symposium is the most delightful and accessible, requiring no special knowledge of ancient Greek philosophy or customs. Dramatizing a party in fifth-century B.C. Athens, the deceptively unassuming Symposium introduces--in the guise of convivial after-dinner conversation--profound ideas about the nature of love. In Phaedrus, here published together with the Symposium, Plato discusses the place of eloquence in expounding truth. In both dialogues, Socrates plays the leading role, by turns teasing, arguing, analyzing, joking, inspiring, and cajoling his followers into understanding ideas that have remained central to Western thought through the centuries.
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