Elizabeth S. Belfiore

Socrates' Daimonic Art

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Produktbeschreibung

A new approach to Plato's characterization of Socrates, through analysis of erôs and philosophy in four dialogues on love and friendship.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9781107007581
• ISBN-10: 1107007585
• Artikelnr.: 34571055

Autorenporträt

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 Plato's views on poetry.

Inhaltsangabe

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 lover's friendship
6. The lovers' dance: charioteer and horses
Conclusion.