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Symposium

Responsibility Plato ; edited by Sir Kenneth Dover
Series Cambridge Greek and Latin classics
Material Type Book
Publisher Cambridge, [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press
Year 1980
Language English,Greek, Ancient(to1453)
Size x, 185 p. ; 20 cm
Abstract Plato's Symposium is the most literary of all his works and one which all students of classics are likely to want to read whether or not they are studying Plato's philosophy. But the reader does need ...elp in appreciating both the artistry and the arguments, and in comprehending the social and cultural background against which the 'praise of love' is delivered. Sir Kenneth Dover provides here a sympathetic and modern edition of the kind that is long overdue. It consists of an introduction, the Greek text accompanied by a very abbreviated critical apparatus, and a commentary on the text which is intended to elucidate the Greek, to make the philosophical argument intelligible, and to relate the content of what is said to the concepts and assumptions of contemporary morality and society. An edition for students of Greek in universities and the upper forms of schools.
Plato's Symposium is the most literary of all his works and one which all students of classics are likely to want to read whether or not they are studying Plato's philosophy. But the reader does need help in appreciating both the artistry and the arguments, and in comprehending the social and cultural background against which the 'praise of love' is delivered. Sir Kenneth Dover provides here a sympathetic and modern edition of the kind that is long overdue. It consists of an introduction, the Greek text accompanied by a very abbreviated critical apparatus, and a commentary on the text which is intended to elucidate the Greek, to make the philosophical argument intelligible, and to relate the content of what is said to the concepts and assumptions of contemporary morality and society. An edition for students of Greek in universities and the upper forms of schools.
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Holdings

pbk. Central Library ASRS 131.3/P 71/42 1980
058211981457565

DESIGN LIB., 3F 131.3/P71 1982
072032185003211
: pbk Central Library ASRS 哲学/212/99 1980
005232003173290

Bibliographic details

Notes Greek text; pref., introd. and commentary in English
Bibliography: p. 13-14
Includes indexes
Authors *Plato, 427-347 B.C.
Dover, Kenneth James, 1920-
Subjects LCSH:Love
LCSH:Socrates
Classification LCC:B385.A5
DC:184
ID 1000483470
ISBN 0521200814
NCID BA01446789
Vol ISBN:0521200814
: pbk ; ISBN:0521295238
Created Date 2009.09.14
Modified Date 2009.09.16

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