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Plato's Symposium

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The 'Symposium' is one of Plato's most sophisticated meditations on the practice of philosophy. This book introduces the context of Plato's work, surveys and explains the arguments, and considers why Plato has cast this work in a highly unusual narrative form.

Title Plato's Symposium / Richard Hunter. [electronic resource]
Publisher Oxford
Oxford University Press
Creation Date 2023
Notes Formerly CIP.
Previously issued in print: 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-143) and indexes.
Content Editors' Foreword
Contents
1 Setting the Scene
2 Erôs before Socrates
3 The Love of Socrates
4 The Morning After
Bibliography and Further Reading
Index of Passages Discussed
General Index
Series Oxford approaches to classical literature
Oxford scholarship online
Extent 1 online resource (165 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010708134705171
MARC RECORDS

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