Plato's Symposium : the ethics of desire /

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, a...

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1. Verfasser:
Sheffield, Frisbee C. C.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Zusammenfassung:
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, analysing our desires is a way of reflecting on the kind of people we will turn out to be and on our chances of leading aworthwhile and happy life. In its focus on the question why he considered desires to be amenable to this type of reflection, this book
Umfang:
1 online resource (263 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-248) and indexes.
ISBN:
0-19-956781-6
1-281-15430-X
9786611154301
0-19-153682-2
1-4356-1898-X
Schlagworte:
Plato. > Symposium.
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