Plato on Love : Lysis, Symposium, Phaedrus, Alcibiades, with Selections from Republic and Laws by Plato
£20.99
Author: Plato
Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500
Published on 15 June 2006 by Hackett Publishing Co, Inc in the United States as part of ‘the Hackett Classics’ series.
Paperback | 272 pages, Illustrations
216 x 143 x 15 | 234g
2 in stock
Description
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.
