3 edition of Symposium of Plato found in the catalog.
Symposium of Plato
Published
1932
by Heffer in Cambridge
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
| Statement | edited with introduction, critical notes, and commentary by R. G. Bury. |
| Contributions | Bury, Robert Gregg, b. 1869. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | PA4279 .S8 1973 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | lxxviii, 179 p. ; |
| Number of Pages | 179 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL5263540M |
| ISBN 10 | 0852700393 |
| LC Control Number | 75398159 |
In his celebrated masterpiece, Symposium, Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in BC. The guests—including the comic poet Aristophanes and Plato's mentor Socrates—each deliver a short speech in praise of s: The discussion 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—as a response to beauty, a cosmic force, a motive for social action and as a means of ethical education.
This audiobook contains Plato's most notable books, narrated brilliantly by Kevin Kollins. The works contained in this audiobook include The Republic, The Apology, Crito, and Symposium. Enjoy these four amazing philosophical works that have stood the test of time. Written 2, years ago, Plato’s philosophical novella, Symposium, includes one of the weirdest – and most charming – explanations of why people fall in love ever invented. Plato gives this trippy exegesis to the playwright Aristophanes, who appears as a character in the book.. Before turning to Aristophanes’s odd speech, let’s set the stage.
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There is Rosen's, whose virtue is scholarly depth. Allen's, which unlike Rosen's, is good as an introduction and for those who simply want to enjoy the Symposium without getting entangled in scholarship.
Finally there is this one, whose primary virtue is as a commentary of the Greek. This book, unlike Allen's, contains no Symposium of Plato book translation/5(23). The Symposium (Ancient Greek: Συμπόσιον) is a philosophical text by Plato dated c. It depicts a friendly contest of extemporaneous speeches given by a group of notable men attending a banquet.
The men include the philosopher Socrates, the general and political figure Alcibiades, and the comic playwright Aristophanes.4/5(K).
My first foray into Plato and a good place to start - an easy going quick read book. For my money a good translation, very readable and entertaining and good forward explaining the work, which I read afterwards. The symposium is a collection of dinner conversations in the subject of love and whilst very of its time, still relevant today/5().
Free download or read online The Symposium pdf (ePUB) book. The first edition of the novel was published inand was written by Plato. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of pages and is available in Paperback format. The main characters of this philosophy, classics story are Socrates.4/5.
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Project Gutenberg 66 by Plato; Symposium by Plato. Download; Bibrec; Bibliographic Record. Author: Plato. BCE. BCE: Translator: Jowett, Benjamin, Title: SymposiumCited by: 6. Plato wrote “The Symposium” about the ancient Athenian cultural tradition in which men would drink, discuss philosophical subjects, compose speeches and sing songs.
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Symposium By Plato Written B.C.E Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Persons of. Read a brief overview of the work, or chapter by chapter summaries.
See a complete list of the characters in The Symposium. Continue your study of The Symposium with these useful links. Get ready to write your essay on The Symposium. Plato presents his mentor in the Symposium as a simple and hardy man, a bit of a flirt, though immune to sexual advances and alcohol alike.
Diotima - A woman from Mantinea whom Socrates claims once to have met, and who taught him everything he knows on the subject of Love. "A model of the kind of text one needs for lecture courses: the translation is extremely readable and made even more accessible by intelligent printing decisions (on dividing the text, spacing for clarification, etc.); the notes are kept to a minimum but appear when they are really needed for comprehension and are truly informative.
Symposium By Plato. 2 SYMPOSIUM PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: Apollodorus, who repeats to his companion the dialogue which he had heard from Aristodemus, and had already once narrated to Glaucon. Phaedrus, Pausanias, Eryximachus, Aristophanes, Agathon, Socrates, Alcibiades, A Troop of Size: KB.
Plato ( BC BC). Plato's works available in Penguin Classics are Republic, The Last Days of Socrates, The Laws, Phaedrus, Protagoras and Meno, Timaeus and Critias, Theaetetus, Early Socratic Dialogues, The Symposium and Gorgias. Refresh and try again.
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“According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two by: 6. The Harvard Classics, Volume 2: The Apology, Phaedo and Crito of Plato, the Golden sayings of Epictetus, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.
The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program (First Series, Volume 1): Rothschild's Fiddle, On Happiness, The Apology, Heart of Darkness, Conscience, Genesis, Alienated Labour, Social Contract. Symposium, a work from the middle of Plato's writings, presumably implements Socrates as a character to voice Plato’s theories on love.
The dramatic dialogue concerns itself with the origin, purpose, and nature of love, or eros, through a series of speeches by men at a symposion.
The discussion 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 - as a response to beauty, a cosmic force, a motive for social action and as a means of ethical 4/5(5).
The Symposium (Ancient Greek: Συμπόσιον) is a philosophical book written by Plato sometime after BCE. On one level the book deals with the genealogy, nature and purpose of love, on another level the book deals with the topic of knowledge, specifically how 5/5(1).
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BC - c. BC), translated by Benjamin JOWETT ( - ) In one of Plato's more accessible works, Apollodorus tells a friend about a.SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics.
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By Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Edited, annotated, and compiled by Rhonda L. Kelley. Plate 1: Anselm Feuerbach, The Symposium (Second Version File Size: 2MB.
