| Plato's Symposium: Issues in Interpretation and Reception Contributor(s): Lesher, James H. (Editor), Nails, Debra (Editor), Sheffield, Frisbee (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0674023757 ISBN-13: 9780674023758 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 184 |
| LCCN: 2006037295 |
| Series: Hellenic Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 5.69" W x 8.98" (1.50 lbs) 446 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 in paintings or sketches by Rubens, David, Feuerbach, and La Farge, as well as in musical compositions by Satie and Bernstein. The dialogue's view of love as 'desire for eternal possession of the good' is still of enormous philosophical interest in its own right. Nevertheless, questions remain concerning the meaning of specific features, the significance of the dialogue as a whole, and the character of its influence. This volume brings together an international team of scholars to address such questions. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nails, Debra: - Debra Nalls is Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University.Lesher, James H.: - James H. Lesher is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland.Sheffield, Frisbee: - Frisbee Sheffield is Research Fellow in Classics at Cambridge University.Clay, Diskin: - Diskin Clay is R.J.R. Nabisco Professor of Classical Studies at Duke University.Reeve, C. D. C.: - C. D. C. Reeve is Delta Kappa Epsilon Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.Rowe, Christopher J.: - Christopher J. Rowe is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Durham, UK. |