UID:
almafu_9960117273302883
Umfang:
1 online resource (ix, 268 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-108-17880-4
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1-108-18034-5
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1-316-27316-4
Serie:
Cambridge critical guides
Inhalt:
Plato's Symposium is an exceptionally multi-layered dialogue. At once a historical document, a philosophical drama that enacts abstract ideas in an often light-hearted way, and a literary masterpiece, it has exerted an influence that goes well beyond the confines of philosophy. The essays in this volume, by leading scholars, offer detailed analyses of all parts of the work, focusing on the central and much-debated theme of erōs or 'human desire' - which can refer both to physical desire or desire for happiness. They reveal thematic continuities between the prologue and the various speeches as well as between the speeches themselves, and present a rich collection of contrasting yet complementary readings of Diotima's speech. The volume will be invaluable for classicists and philosophers alike, and for all who are interested in one of Plato's most fascinating and challenging dialogues.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Aug 2017).
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Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Narrative Temporalities and Models of Desire -- 1. The Frame -- 2. The Prologue -- Chapter 2 Unfamiliar Voices: Harmonizing the Non-Socratic Speeches and Plato's Psychology -- 1. Phaedrus and Spirited Motivations -- 2. Pausanias and Lawfulness -- 3. Eryximachus and Harmonizing Opposites -- 4. Aristophanes and the Appetites -- 5. Agathon and Alcibiades: Having a Soul Fit for the Ascent -- Chapter 3 A Doctor's Folly: Diagnosing the Speech of Eryximachus -- 1. The Facts: A Brief Overview of the Eryximachus Scene (185e6-189c1) -- 2. Symptoms of the Serious Eryximachus -- (a) Important -- (b) Self-aware -- (c) Authoritative -- (d) Coherent -- (e) Insightful -- 3. Definitions and Methodological Considerations -- 4. Symptoms of the Comic Eryximachus -- 4.1. Comic Context -- 4.2. Eryximachus as Imposter -- (a) Self-representation as Wise -- (b) Technical and Pedantic Use of Language -- (d) Knowledge and/or Wisdom Exposed as Useless and/or Fraudulent -- 4.3. Eryximachus' Speech as a Parody of Medical Discourse -- 4.4 A Diagnosis -- 5. Conclusion: Eryximachus, Diotima and the Order of the Speeches -- Chapter 4 Aristophanic Tragedy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Aristophanes on Human Nature -- 3. Aristophanes' Pessimism -- 4. Plato's Critique of Aristophanes -- 5. Response to Dover and Nussbaum -- 6. Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Divinization -- 1. Aristophanes' Story of Human Origins -- 2. Timaeus' Story of Human Origins -- 3. The Two Stories Compared -- 4. Why the Timaeus? -- 5. Socrates' Speech as an Advance on Aristophanes' -- 6. Intellectual Divinization -- Appendix Plato's System and the Timaeus -- Chapter 6 Why Agathon's Beauty Matters -- Chapter 7 Erōs and the Pursuit of Form -- 1. Erōs and the Kalon.
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2. The Hallmarks of erōs -- 3. Acting for a Divine End -- 4. From Ethics to Metaphysics: Erōs and Aristotle -- Chapter 8 The Mortal Soul and Immortal Happiness -- 1. The Mortal Soul -- 2. Immortality and Happiness -- 3. The Soul's Offspring -- 4. Finished and Unfinished Discourses -- 5. The Immortal ''Seed'' of the Philosopher in the Phaedrus -- Chapter 9 A Fetish for Fixity? -- 1. Looking at Last to Beauty -- 2. Preliminary Concerns -- 3. Epistemic and Eudaimonistic Motivations -- 4. Striving to Be Like God -- 5. Conclusions -- Chapter 10 Generating in Beauty for the Sake of Immortality: Personal Love and the Goals of the Lover -- 1. Preface -- 2. Generation in Beauty -- 3. The Ascent -- 4. Becoming as Immortal as a Man May -- Chapter 11 Alcibiades the Profane: Images of the Mysteries -- 1. The Vision of the Beautiful and the Problem of Alcibiades -- 2. The Mystery of the Mysteries -- 2.1. The Mystery of Eleusinian Mysteries -- 2.2. The Extraordinary Experience -- 2.3. The Nature of Profanation -- 3. The Profanity of Alcibiades -- 3.1. The Potential of Alcibiades -- 3.2. The Problem of Alcibiades -- Chapter 12 How Does Contemplation Make You Happy? An Ethical Reading of Diotima's Speech -- 1. Contemplation and Happiness: The Problem -- 2. Intelligence and Virtues in Alcibiades' Speech -- 3. The Praise of Socrates' Virtues -- 4. Back to Diotima: Virtue, Divine Favour, Immortality -- Chapter 13 Eudaimonism and Platonic eros -- 1. Eudaimonism Defined -- 2. Why Does Socrates Remain in Jail? -- 3. Obeying the Gods: Against Suicide -- 4. The Good of the Polis: Republic -- 5. Apparent Evidence for Eudaimonism -- 6. Does One Good Make a Life Happy? -- 7. The Reconciliation Project -- 8. Imitation of the Divine in the Symposium -- 9. Eudaimonism in the Symposium? -- Bibliography -- Index locorum -- Index.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-107-11005-X
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-107-52569-1
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316273166
