Socrates' Daimonic Art: Love for Wisdom in Four Platonic Dialogues by Elizabeth

Description: Socrates' Daimonic Art by Elizabeth S. Belfiore This book presents a new approach to Platos characterization of Socrates in Symposium, Phaedrus, Lysis and Alcibiades I. It focuses on the erotic art the philosopher uses to search for wisdom together with his young interlocutors. The book is addressed to specialists and students in classics and philosophy, and is accessible to all serious readers. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Despite increasing interest in the figure of Socrates and in love in ancient Greece, no recent monograph studies these topics in all four of Platos dialogues on love and friendship. This book provides important new insights into these subjects by examining Platos characterization of Socrates in Symposium, Phaedrus, Lysis and the often neglected Alcibiades I. It focuses on the specific ways in which the philosopher searches for wisdom together with his young interlocutors, using an art that is erotic, not in a narrowly sexual sense, but because it shares characteristics attributed to the daimon Eros in Symposium. In all four dialogues, Socrates art enables him, like Eros, to search for the beauty and wisdom he recognizes that he lacks and to help others seek these same objects of erôs. Belfiore examines the dialogues as both philosophical and dramatic works, and considers many connections with Greek culture, including poetry and theater. Author Biography Elizabeth S. Belfiore is Professor Emerita of Classics at the University of Minnesota, where she taught from 1980 to 2010. She is the author of two books, Tragic Pleasures: Aristotle on Plot and Emotion (1992) and Murder among Friends: Violation of Philia in Greek Tragedy (2000). Her numerous articles and book chapters on a wide range of topics in Greek literature and ancient philosophy include many influential studies of Platos views on poetry. Table of Contents Introduction: overview of the Erotic Dialogues; Part I. Socrates and Two Young Men: 1. Your love and mine: Eros and self-knowledge in Alcibiades I; 2. In love with acquiring friends: Socrates in the Lysis; Part II. Eros and Hybris in the Symposium: Introduction to Part II: the narrators of the Symposium; 3. In praise of Eros: the speeches in the Symposium; 4. You are hubristic: Socrates, Alcibiades and Agathon; Part III. Love and Friendship in the Phaedrus: Introduction to Part III: the erotic art in the Symposium and Phaedrus; 5. The lovers friendship; 6. The lovers dance: charioteer and horses; Conclusion. Promotional A new approach to Platos characterization of Socrates, through analysis of erôs and philosophy in four dialogues on love and friendship. Promotional "Headline" A new approach to Platos characterization of Socrates, through analysis of er Description for Bookstore This book presents a new approach to Platos characterization of Socrates in Symposium, Phaedrus, Lysis and Alcibiades I. It focuses on the erotic art the philosopher uses to search for wisdom together with his young interlocutors. The book is addressed to specialists and students in classics and philosophy, and is accessible to all serious readers. Description for Library This book presents a new approach to Platos characterization of Socrates in Symposium, Phaedrus, Lysis and Alcibiades I. It focuses on the erotic art the philosopher uses to search for wisdom together with his young interlocutors. The book is addressed to specialists and students in classics and philosophy, and is accessible to all serious readers. Details ISBN1107007585 Author Elizabeth S. Belfiore Short Title SOCRATES DAIMONIC ART Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 1107007585 ISBN-13 9781107007581 Media Book Format Hardcover Death 1917 Year 2012 Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle Love for Wisdom in Four Platonic Dialogues Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Publication Date 2012-03-08 Birth 1944 Illustrations black & white illustrations Affiliation University of Minnesota AU Release Date 2012-03-08 NZ Release Date 2012-03-08 UK Release Date 2012-03-08 Pages 324 Alternative 9781139051712 DEWEY 183.2 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:95107760;

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