Format:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 243 Seiten).
ISBN:
978-1-139-16226-5
Content:
Plato's entire fictive world is permeated with philosophical concern for Eros, well beyond the so-called erotic dialogues. Several metaphysical, epistemological and cosmological conversations - Timaeus, Cratylus, Parmenides, Theaetetus and Phaedo - demonstrate that Eros lies at the root of the human condition and that properly guided Eros is the essence of a life well lived. This book presents a holistic vision of Eros, beginning with the presence of Eros at the origin of the cosmos and the human soul, surveying four types of human self-cultivation aimed at good guidance of Eros and concluding with human death as a return to our origins. The book challenges conventional wisdom regarding the 'erotic dialogues' and demonstrates that Plato's world is erotic from beginning to end: the human soul is primordially erotic and the well-cultivated erotic soul can best remember and return to its origins, its lifelong erotic desire
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
,
Cosmos -- Questioning -- Courage -- Matchmaking -- Self-knowledge -- Memory
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-1-107-02411-3
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback ISBN 978-1-107-42357-2
Language:
English
Keywords:
v427-v347 Plato
;
Eros
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139162265
URL:
Volltext
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