Plato's Symposium: The Ethics of Desire
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Frisbee Sheffield argues that the Symposium has been unduly marginalized by philosophers. Although the topic, eros, and the setting at a symposium have seemed anomalous, she demonstrates that both are intimately related to Plato's preoccupation with the nature of the good life, with virtue, and how it is acquired and transmitted. For Plato, analyzing our desires is a way of reflecting on the kind of people we will turn out to be and on our chances...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0199286779
ISBN13:9780199286775
Release Date:September 2006
Publisher:OUP UK
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.7"
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