Plato's Symposium

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-19-516080-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 164 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 188 g

Reihe: Oxford Approaches to Classical Literature

Plato's Symposium tells of a dinner party at a crucial point in Athenian history at which the guests decide that they will each in turn deliver a speech in praise of love. The humourous and brilliant work that follows points the way towards all Western thinking about love. The Symposium is also one of Plato's most sophisticated meditations on the practice of philosophy. This book introduces the literary and historical context of Plato's work, surveys and explains the arguments, and considers why Plato has cast this work in a highly unusual narrative form. A final chapter traces the influence of the Symposium from antiquity to the modern day. No knowledge of Greek or Greek philosophy is required.

Zielgruppe

Academics and students researching in Classical Studies, Classical Literature, Classical Philosophy

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hunter, R. Lanny

Hunter, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Hunter is Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge University.