Symposium or Drinking Party
by
Plato
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Focus Philosophical Library
ISBN-10
158510597X
ISBN-13
9781585105977
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Imprint
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 14th, 2017
Print length
136 Pages
Weight
178 grams
Dimensions
13.90 x 21.60 x 0.90 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: general
Ksh 2,500.00
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This new edition of Plato''s Symposium provides beginning readers and scholars alike with a solid, reliable translation that is both faithful to the original text and accessible to contemporary readers. In addition, the volume offers a number of aids to help the reader make his or her way through this remarkable work:
- A concise introduction sets the scene, conveys the tenor of the dialogue, and introduces the reader to the main characters with a gloss on their backgrounds and a comment on their roles in the dialogue. It also provides a list of basic points for readers to keep in mind as they read the work.
- A thought-provoking interpretive essay offers reflections on the themes of the dialogue, focusing especially on the dialogue as drama.
- A select bibliography points to works, both classic and contemporary, that are especially relevant to readers of the Symposium.
- Two appendices consist of a line drawing that depicts the spacial layout and positioning of characters in the Symposium, and a chart that shows the relation of the first six speeches to number, age, parentage and the function of Eros.
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