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 Plato's dialogues on love and friendship. This book provides important new insights into these subjects by examining Plato's 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 eros. Belfiore examines the dialogues as both philosophical and dramatic works, and considers many connections with Greek culture, including poetry and theater.
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EAN: 9781316628874
UPC: 9781316628874
ISBN: 9781316628874
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Item Length: 22.9 cm
Book Title: Socrates' Daimonic Art: Love for Wisdom in Four Platonic Dialogues
Item Height: 230mm
Item Width: 153mm
Author: Elizabeth S. Belfiore
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Popular Philosophy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Item Weight: 470g
Number of Pages: 324 Pages
