The Dialogues of Plato, Volume 2; The Symposium,9780300056990

The Dialogues of Plato, Volume 2; The Symposium

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9780300056990
ISBN10: 0300056990
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 1993-08-25
Publisher(s): Yale University Press
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Summary

This a translation of Plato's Symposium brings a classic text to life for modern readers. This faithful and readable translation is supplemented with a commentary that not only enriches our understanding of Plato's philosophy and the world of Greek antiquity, but also provides insights into present-day philosophical concerns.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Comment 3(1)
Prologue: Apollodorus to a Companion (172a--174a)
3(3)
Aristodemus's Prologue (174a--175e)
6(1)
Eryximachus Proposes Speeches in Praise of Eros (176a--178a)
7(5)
The Speech of Phaedrus (178a--180b)
12(2)
The Speech of Pausanias (180c--185c)
14(6)
First Interlude: Aristophanes and His Hiccups (185c--e)
20(6)
Dionysus
20(6)
The Speech of Eryximachus (185e--188e)
26(4)
Eryximachus and Greek Medicine
28(2)
Second Interlude: Aristophanes Recovered from His Hiccups (189a--c)
30(1)
The Speech of Aristophanes (189c--193e)
31(6)
Third Interlude: Socrates and Agathon (193e--194e)
37(1)
The Speech of Agathon (194e--197e)
38(2)
Fourth Interlude: Two Kinds of Encomium (198a--199c)
40(1)
The Speech of Socrates (199c--212c)
41(29)
The Elenchus of Agathon (199c--201c)
41(5)
The Speech of Diotima (201d--212a)
46(16)
Eros as Intermediate (201d--202d)
47(1)
Eros as Daimon (202d--203a)
48(1)
The Myth of Poros and Penia (203a--e)
49(1)
Plotinus and Ficino
50(3)
Eros as Philosopher (203e--204c)
53(1)
Eros as Wish for Happiness (204c--205a)
54(4)
False Consciousness: Plato and Freud
58(2)
Diotima's Definition of Eros (205a--206a)
60(2)
Wish and What Is Primarily Valuable
62(3)
Of Human Bondage
65(3)
Abraham Lincoln and the Pig
68(2)
The Works of Eros: Begetting in Beauty (206b--207a)
70(3)
Immortality and the Mortal Nature (207a--208b)
73(3)
Creation in Respect to Body and Soul (208b--209e)
76(1)
The Ladder of Love (209e--210e)
77(5)
The Ascent to Beauty Itself (210e--212a)
82(16)
The Idea of Beauty
83(1)
Beauty and Goodness
84(1)
Contemplation
85(3)
Virtue and Contemplation
88(1)
Recollection
89(1)
The Descent of Eros
90(1)
Eros and Psyche
91(4)
Eros and Agape
95(3)
Socrates' Peroration (212b--c)
98(4)
Aristophanes Redivivus
99(3)
Interlude: the Arrival of Alcibiades (212c--215a)
102(2)
The Speech of Alcibiades (215a--222b)
104(4)
Socrates Replies (222c--223b)
108(1)
Conclusion (223b--d)
109(2)
Translation 111(60)
Index 171

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