Plato's Symposium: Issues in Interpretation and Reception
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In his Symposium, Plato crafted a set of speeches in praise of love that has influenced writers and artists from antiquity to the present. Early Christian writers read the dialogue's 'ascent passage' as a vision of the soul's journey to heaven. Ficino's commentary on the Symposium inspired poets and artists throughout Renaissance Europe and introduced 'a Platonic love' into common speech. Themes or images from the dialogue have appeared...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0674023757
ISBN13:9780674023758
Release Date:March 2007
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:446 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.7" x 9.0"
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