Plato's Symposium the ethics of desire
Frisbee Sheffield argues that 'the Symposium' has been unduly marginalised by philosophers. Although the topic and the setting have seemed anomalous, he demonstrates that both are intimately related to Plato's preoccupation with the nature of the good life, with virtue and how it is a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2006, 2006
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| Series: | Oxford classical monographs / Oxford classical monographs
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Frisbee Sheffield argues that 'the Symposium' has been unduly marginalised by philosophers. Although the topic and the setting have seemed anomalous, he 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 |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 252 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780191713194 |