This new edition of Plato's Symposium provides beginning readers and scholars alike with a solid, reliable translation that is both faithful to the original text and accessible to contemporary readers. In addition, the volume offers a number of aids to help the reader make his or her way through this remarkable work: A concise introduction sets the scene, conveys the tenor of the dialogue, and introduces the reader to the main characters with a gloss on their backgrounds and a comment on their roles in the dialogue.
It also provides a list of basic points for readers to keep in mind as they read the work.A thought-provoking interpretive essay offers reflections on the themes of the dialogue, focusing especially on the dialogue as drama.A select bibliography points to works, both classic and contemporary, that are especially relevant to readers of the Symposium.Two appendices consist of a line drawing that depicts the spacial layout and positioning of characters in the Symposium, and a chart that shows the relation of the first six speeches to number, age, parentage and the function of Eros.
| ISBN: | 9781585105977 |
| Publication date: | 14th February 2017 |
| Author: | Plato |
| Publisher: | Focus an imprint of Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 144 pages |
| Series: | Focus Philosophical Library |
| Genres: |
Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy Philosophical traditions and schools of thought Philosophy |
This new edition of Plato's Symposium provides beginning readers and scholars alike with a solid, reliable translation that is both faithful to the original text and accessible to contemporary readers. In addition, the volume offers a number of aids to help the reader make his or her way through this remarkable work: A concise introduction sets the scene, conveys the tenor of the dialogue, and introduces the reader to the main characters with a gloss on their backgrounds and a comment on their roles in the dialogue.
Symposium, or, Drinking Party features in the following genres: Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Philosophy
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Symposium, or, Drinking Party was written by Plato and published by Focus an imprint of Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Symposium, or, Drinking Party has 144 pages
Yes it is part of Focus Philosophical Library series
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