Plato on love
Subtitle: Lysis -- Symposium -- Phaedrus -- Alcibiades, with selections from Republic and Laws
By: edited by C.D.C. Reeve.
Contributors: Reeve, C. D. C., 1948-
Publisher: Hackett Pub. Co.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Indianapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Love
Description: "This collection features Plato's writings on sex and love in the preeminent translations of Stanley Lombardo, Paul Woodruff and Alexander Nehamas, D.S. Hutchinson, and C.D.C. Reeve. Reeve's Introduction provides a wealth of historical information about Plato and Socrates, and the sexual norms of classical Athens. His introductory essay looks closely at the dialogues themselves and includes the following sections: Socrates and the Art of Love; Socrates and Athenian Paiderastia; Loving Socrates; Love and the Ascent to the Beautiful; The Art and Psychology of Love Explained; and Writing about Love."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Lysis; title: Symposium; title: Phaedrus; title: Alcibiades; title: Republic, selections; title: Laws, selections.