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Plato's "Symposium"
Responsibility | a translation by Seth Benardete ; with commentaries by Allan Bloom and Seth Benardete |
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Material Type | Book |
Publisher | Chicago : University of Chicago Press |
Year | 2001 |
Language | English |
Size | 199 p. ; 24 cm |
Abstract | Plato, Allan Bloom wrote, is "the most erotic of philosophers," and his Symposium is one of the greatest works on the nature of love ever written. This new edition brings together the English translat...on of the renowned Plato scholar and translator, Seth Benardete, with two illuminating commentaries on it: Benardete's "On Plato's Symposium" and Allan Bloom's provocative essay, "The Ladder of Love." In the Symposium, Plato recounts a drinking party following an evening meal, where the guests include the poet Aristophanes, the drunken Alcibiades, and, of course, the wise Socrates. The revelers give their views on the timeless topics of love and desire, all the while addressing many of the major themes of Platonic philosophy: the relationship of philosophy and poetry, the good, and the beautiful. Plato, Allan Bloom wrote, is "the most erotic of philosophers," and his Symposium is one of the greatest works on the nature of love ever written. This new edition brings together the English translation of the renowned Plato scholar and translator, Seth Benardete, with two illuminating commentaries on it: Benardete's "On Plato's "Symposium"" and Allan Bloom's provocative essay, "The Ladder of Love." In the "Symposium, " Plato recounts a drinking party following an evening meal, where the guests include the poet Aristophanes, the drunken Alcibiades, and, of course, the wise Socrates. The revelers give their views on the timeless topics of love and desire, all the while addressing many of the major themes of Platonic philosophy: the relationship of philosophy and poetry, the good, and the beautiful. show more |
Table of Contents | Symposium The ladder of love / by Allan Bloom On Plato's Symposium / by Seth Benardete. |
Holdings
Status | Volume | Location | Call No. | Printed | Collection Name | Barcode No. | Comments | Reserve | Copy | Automatic archive |
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: pbk | Central Library ASRS | 131.3/B 58 | 2001 |
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050212001006552 |
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Bibliographic details
Other titles | variant access title:The dialogues of Plato variant access title:Love and friendship |
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Notes | First work originally published: The dialogues of Plato. New York : Bantam Books. 2nd work originally published: Love and friendship. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1993 |
Authors | *Plato, 427-347 B.C. Bloom, Allan David, 1930- Benardete, Seth |
Subjects | LCSH:Love Early works to 1800 LCSH:Socrates LCSH:Plato. Symposium |
Classification | LCC:B385.A5 DC21:184 |
ID | 1000699046 |
ISBN | 0226042731 |
NCID | BA50934417 |
Vol | : cloth ; ISBN:0226042731 : pbk ; ISBN:0226042758 |
Created Date | 2009.09.15 |
Modified Date | 2009.09.15 |