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Erôs, Song, and Philosophy in Plato

Author : Chara Kokkiou
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498595839
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Erôs, Song, and Philosophy in Plato written by Chara Kokkiou and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-11-13 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erôs, Song and Philosophy in Plato raises critical issues regarding how Plato treats song and philosophy in erotic contexts in his attempt to rewrite, to some degree, the cultural tradition. A question that seems to be repeatedly raised throughout the Platonic dialogues is why it is precisely song that needs to be put aside before we can start doing philosophy – as a more serious and perfect kind of song. This book highlights the importance of this key thematic clust of beauty,erôs, and song. Chara Kokkiou argues that there is a constant interplay among erotic, musical-poetic and spatial motifs and the way those are incorporated into the very essence of philosophical dialectic is indicative of the unique nature of Plato’s philosophy. Her analysis centers on paiderastiaand mousikos erôs, which, if thoroughly purified, contribute significantly to the composition of Socrates’ portrait as mousikos philosophos. The Socratic philosophical logos displays reformed erotic and song-authorized patterns, such as inspiration and healing. Through a close reading of certain Platonic passages and detailed attention to both choral and mythical motifs in the eschatological myths of Republic and Phaedo, and to the descriptions of locus amoenus in Phaedrus and Laws, Kokkiou demonstrates that Plato, through his painstakingly purged philosophical model, delineates the route towards the creation of a cultural and intellectual ideal. In this way, he establishes a dominant philosophical authority.

Eros Unveiled

Author : Catherine Osborne
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Eros Unveiled written by Catherine Osborne and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few books on love can claim to make significant contributions to our understanding both of ancient views on eros and of its place in the Christian tradition. On the basis of a new and sympathetic reading of Plato, Catherine Osborne shows that the long-standing distrust of eros, rather than agape, as a model for the believer's relation to God in Christian thought derives from a misunderstanding of ancient thought on love. Focussing on a number of classic texts, including Plato's Symposium and Lysis, Aristotle's Ethics and Metaphysics, and famous passages in Gregory of Nyssa, Origen, Dionysius the Areopagite, Plotinus, Augustine, and Thomas Aquinas, she shows that love is not motivated by a need that seeks fulfilment. On the contrary, Dr Osborne argues, to seek a motive for love, whether in Plato's account or our own, is to pursue a philosophical confusion. To mention love is to mention the motive that explains our response of affection or devotion or desire; the response cannot be the motive for our love, but is an attitude that belongs in a vision of the beloved transfigured by love. It is for this reason that we have to restore the image of Cupid, whose mischievous darts picture the impossibility of seeking some further grounds or explanation for love.

Eros, Wisdom, and Silence

Author : James M. Rhodes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eros, Wisdom, and Silence written by James M. Rhodes and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once in a while one comes across a work that strikes one as the definitive word on the text it examines. This is such a work' - David Walsh. This substantial study presents an in-depth and meticulous study of Plato's treatment of love in Symposium, Phaedrus and the Seventh Letter.

Plato's Erotic Thought

Author : Alfred Geier
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9781580460682
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book Plato's Erotic Thought written by Alfred Geier and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2002 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book then explores the Lysis and the Phaedrus, which both address how the object arises, in two different ways, the Socratic and the Platonic."--BOOK JACKET.

The Poverty of Eros in Plato’s Symposium

Author : Lorelle D. Lamascus
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474213820
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book The Poverty of Eros in Plato’s Symposium written by Lorelle D. Lamascus and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-24 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Poverty of Eros in Plato's Symposium offers an innovative new approach towards Eros and the concept of Eros in the Symposium. Lorelle D. Lamascus argues that Plato's depiction of Eros as the child of Poverty (penia) and Resource (poros) is central to understanding the nature of love. Eros is traditionally seen as self-interested or acquisitive, but this book argues instead that Eros and reason are properly in accord with one another. The moral life and the philosophical life alike depend upon properly trained and directed Eros. Lamascus demonstrates that the presentation of the nature of Poverty is essential to the nature of Eros in the Symposium, doing this through in-depth discussion of the major twentieth century interpretations of Platonic Eros. The book shows that poverty provides an appropriate directing of Eros towards eternal and unchanging goods (and away from an age geared towards material items and wealth), and thus that Plato's mythical treatment of Eros in the Symposium lays the groundwork for understanding the soul's embrace of poverty as a way of living, loving, and knowing.

Eros in Plato, Rousseau, and Nietzsche

Author : Laurence D. Cooper
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271046147
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Book Synopsis Eros in Plato, Rousseau, and Nietzsche by : Laurence D. Cooper

Download or read book Eros in Plato, Rousseau, and Nietzsche written by Laurence D. Cooper and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human beings are restless souls, ever driven by an insistent inner force not only to have more but to be more&—to be infinitely more. Various philosophers have emphasized this type of ceaseless striving in their accounts of humanity, as in Spinoza&’s notion of conatus and Hobbes&’s identification of &“a perpetual and restless desire of power after power.&” In this book, Laurence Cooper focuses his attention on three giants of the philosophic tradition for whom this inner force was a major preoccupation and something separate from and greater than the desire for self-preservation. Cooper&’s overarching purpose is to illuminate the nature of this source of existential longing and discontent and its implications for political life. He concentrates especially on what these thinkers share in their understanding of this psychic power and how they view it ambivalently as the root not only of ambition, vigorous virtue, patriotism, and philosophy, but also of tyranny, imperialism, and varieties of fanaticism. But he is not neglectful of the differences among their interpretations of the phenomenon, either, and especially highlights these in the concluding chapter.

Eros and Psyche

Author : John M. Rist
Publisher : University of Toronto Press c1964.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eros and Psyche written by John M. Rist and published by University of Toronto Press c1964.. This book was released on 1964 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of the development of ancient Platonism and of the influence of Greek philosophy on Christian thought. The author examines a number of themes such as Eros, Virtue and Knowledge in the writings of Plato himself, and shows that, in our interpretation of them, we must recognize certain latent contradictions; his successors, however, attempted not always successfully, to form a synthesis of Platonic theory based on the genuinely Platonic motif of the attaining of likeness to God. The author demonstrates that Plato's thought contained within itself unresolved, but philosophically fruitful divergences of opinion on the highest topics: the Good, the nature of love, the aim of the life of virtue. The author suggests that the unity of Plato's thought consists only in certain general beliefs, such as that there are supra-sensible realities and that some aspect of the human soul is immortal. He protests, in passing, against those who look on Plato as the author of a series of tracts: one on the Theory of Forms, one on Aesthetics, another on Statesmanship, and so on." -- Book jacket.

The Poverty of Eros in Plato's Symposium

Author : Lorelle D. Lamascus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781474279147
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (791 download)

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Book Synopsis The Poverty of Eros in Plato's Symposium by : Lorelle D. Lamascus

Download or read book The Poverty of Eros in Plato's Symposium written by Lorelle D. Lamascus and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Poverty of Eros in Plato's Symposium offers an innovative new approach towards Eros and the concept of Eros in the Symposium. Lorelle D. Lamascus argues that Plato's depiction of Eros as the child of Poverty (penia) and Resource (poros) is central to understanding the nature of love. Eros is traditionally seen as self-interested or acquisitive, but this book argues instead that Eros and reason are properly in accord with one another. The moral life and the philosophical life alike depend upon properly trained and directed Eros. Lamascus demonstrates that the presentation of the nature of Poverty is essential to the nature of Eros in the Symposium, doing this through in-depth discussion of the major twentieth century interpretations of Platonic Eros. The book shows that poverty provides an appropriate directing of Eros towards eternal and unchanging goods (and away from an age geared towards material items and wealth), and thus that Plato's mythical treatment of Eros in the Symposium lays the groundwork for understanding the soul's embrace of poverty as a way of living, loving, and knowing."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Eros and the Intoxications of Enlightenment

Author : Steven Berg
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438430191
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Eros and the Intoxications of Enlightenment written by Steven Berg and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2010-02-23 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative reinterpretation of Plato's Symposium.

Plato's Eros

Author : Augustinus Miri
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book Plato's Eros written by Augustinus Miri and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-02-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quote: "Why is it that Eros holds both the secret of questions and answers, and the secret of an insistence in all our existence?" (Gilles Deleuze, Difference and Repetition, p. 107). Extract: "Plato's dialogues do not give us answers. They engage in a dialogue with concepts, examining how concepts are constructed from our narratives. On the one hand, concepts are created by persuasive narratives made up of words, phrases, and categorical beliefs. This has led us to see Eros as the most beautiful and therefore the one we love. But this makes Eros a great and deceptive happiness of what is the good, says Diotima. If we think of Eros as love, it is because historically, we have learned to love Eros as the most beautiful. On the other hand, we can learn to think with Eros." The book Plato's Eros delves into the story of Eros. It is Plato's concept in the Symposium of a philosophy of consciousness that emerges from a poetry of beauty. To Plato, Eros is not a synonym for something specific or an expression of love, but embodies opposing views and different perceptions. As an opposite principle, Eros inspires our heart to feel, our mind to wonder, and our intellect to think. At its heart, the book illustrates how Plato transforms storytelling into a poetry about the heart of consciousness, as an infinitely poetic expression of our power to create, explore, and understand, because to Plato, the purpose of storytelling is not to seduce us with moral messages to learn from, but to inspire wonder that can make us the true tellers of our own stories. Quote: "It is question of 'making a difference', of distinguishing the 'thing' itself from its images, the original from the copy, the model from the simulacrum. [...] The Platonic project comes to light only when we turn back to the method of division, for this project is not just one dialectic procedure among others. It assembles the whole power of the dialectic in order to combine it with another power." (Gilles Deleuze The Logic of Sense, p. 291).

Plato's Erotic World

Author : Jill Gordon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139536850
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book Plato's Erotic World written by Jill Gordon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-13 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Eros and Socratic Political Philosophy

Author : D. Levy
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137342714
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Eros and Socratic Political Philosophy written by D. Levy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eros and Socratic Political Philosophy offers a new account of Plato's view of eros, or romantic love, by focusing on a question which has vexed many scholars: why does Plato's Socrates praise eros highly on some occasions but also criticize it harshly on others? Through detailed analyses of Plato's Republic, Phaedrus, and Symposium, Levy shows how, despite the apparent tensions between Socrates' statements about eros in each dialogue, these statements supplement each other well and serve to clarify Socrates' understanding of the complex relationship between eros, religious belief, and philosophy. Thus, Levy's interpretation sheds new light not only on Plato's view of eros, but also on his view of piety and philosophy, challenging common assumptions about the erotic nature of Socratic philosophy. This novel approach to classic political theory will incite discussion and interest among scholars of classics, philosophy, and political theory.

Eros in Neoplatonism and its Reception in Christian Philosophy

Author : Dimitrios A. Vasilakis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350163864
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Eros in Neoplatonism and its Reception in Christian Philosophy written by Dimitrios A. Vasilakis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-24 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showing the ontological importance of eros within the philosophical systems inspired by Plato, Dimitrios A. Vasilakis examines the notion of eros in key texts of the Neoplatonic philosophers, Plotinus, Proclus, and the Church Father, Dionysius the Areopagite. Outlining the divergences and convergences between the three brings forward the core idea of love as deficiency in Plotinus and charts how this is transformed into plenitude in Proclus and Dionysius. Does Proclus diverge from Plotinus in his hierarchical scheme of eros? Is the Dionysian hierarchy to be identified with Proclus' classification of love? By analysing The Enneads, III.5, the Commentary on the First Alcibiades and the Divine Names side by side, Vasilakis uses a wealth of modern scholarship, including contemporary Greek literature to explore these questions, tracing a clear historical line between the three seminal late antique thinkers.

Beauty and Monstrosity in Art and Culture

Author : Chara Kokkiou
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003845657
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Book Synopsis Beauty and Monstrosity in Art and Culture by : Chara Kokkiou

Download or read book Beauty and Monstrosity in Art and Culture written by Chara Kokkiou and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-04-23 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume takes a new look at an old question: what is the relationship between beauty and monstrosity? How has the notion of beauty transformed through the years and how does it coincide with monstrous ontologies? Contributors offer an interdisciplinary approach to how these two concepts are interlinked and emphasize the ways the beautiful and the monstrous pervade human experience. The two notions are explored through the axis of human transformation, focusing on body, identity, and gender, while questioning both how humans transform their body and space as well as how humans themselves are gradually transformed in different contexts. The pandemic, gender crisis, moral crisis, sociocultural instability, and environmental issues have redefined beauty and the relationship we have with it. Exploring these concepts through the lens of human transformation can yield valuable insights into what it means to be human in a world of constant change. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, archaeology, philosophy, architecture, and cultural studies.

Erotic Wisdom

Author : Gary Alan Scott
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791475836
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Erotic Wisdom written by Gary Alan Scott and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively and highly readable commentary on one of Plato’s most beloved dialogues.

The Hymn to Eros

Author : Robert Lloyd Mitchell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hymn to Eros written by Robert Lloyd Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents nothing more than an attempt to read the Symposium in its entirety: to read it deeply, carefully and thoughtfully. It is the story of the rise and fall of Hellenic culture and it is also an account of living impulsion that constitutes human life itself: the complex interplay of two opposing sides seeking wholeness and finding it, ultimately, an intensely problematic fulfillment. An essential element in hearing this story turns out to be the apprehension of the way in which it resists "doctrine"óand so provides the most effective possible introduction to "philosophy."

Myth and Philosophy in Plato's Phaedrus

Author : Daniel S. Werner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139536702
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book Myth and Philosophy in Plato's Phaedrus written by Daniel S. Werner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plato's dialogues frequently criticize traditional Greek myth, yet Plato also integrates myth with his writing. Daniel S. Werner confronts this paradox through an in-depth analysis of the Phaedrus, Plato's most mythical dialogue. Werner argues that the myths of the Phaedrus serve several complex functions: they bring nonphilosophers into the philosophical life; they offer a starting point for philosophical inquiry; they unify the dialogue as a literary and dramatic whole; they draw attention to the limits of language and the limits of knowledge; and they allow Plato to co-opt cultural authority as a way of defining and legitimating the practice of philosophy. Platonic myth, as a species of traditional tale, is thus both distinct from philosophical dialectic and similar to it. Ultimately, the most powerful effect of Platonic myth is the way in which it leads readers to participate in Plato's dialogues and to engage in a process of self-examination.