Plato's Symposium is divided into several speeches; two, by Aristophanes and Socrates, are considered here. These classic views on love extend into the modern era by way of philosophers such as Jean-Paul Sartre and Bertrand Russell. This essay examines their views and argues that modern ideas about love are similar to classic ideas on the topic. The main topics discussed relate to the identity struggle lovers engage in and the way in which love can inspire the intellect
When people now talk about a relationship as being “Platonic”, they mean that the relationship is a ...
Plato’s Symposium is about Love (Eros) par excellence. Our work will focus on the discourse uttered ...
This thesis provides a comparison of the ideas of caring and love as they appear in the works of Pla...
Plato\u27s Symposium is widely regarded as among the most influential of Plato\u27s dialogues. The S...
International audiencePlato's Dialogues continue to challenge our common definition of love. Whereas...
This is a study of love (erōs) in Plato’s Symposium. It’s a study undertaken over three chapters, ea...
New philosophical essays on love by a diverse group of international scholars. Topics include contri...
What is it that we really love when we love an individual person, and to what extent are we egoistic...
[From backcover] Philosophy and Love introduces historical and contemporary philosophical reflect...
In this chapter, I offer an overview of current scholarly debates on Plato's Lysis. I also argue for...
One of the speakers of Plato's dialogue Symposium is a comic playwright Aristophanes, who joins the ...
This article investigates the internal structure of ἔρως, as it is conceptualized in Plato’s Symposi...
Abstract The Study of love and its meaning, not as a philosophical, literary or social concept, but ...
International audiencePlato's Dialogues continue to challenge our common definition of love. Whereas...
Plato’s dialogues, the Symposium, and Phaedrus, provide a reasonableexplanation of love. G. Vlastos ...
When people now talk about a relationship as being “Platonic”, they mean that the relationship is a ...
Plato’s Symposium is about Love (Eros) par excellence. Our work will focus on the discourse uttered ...
This thesis provides a comparison of the ideas of caring and love as they appear in the works of Pla...
Plato\u27s Symposium is widely regarded as among the most influential of Plato\u27s dialogues. The S...
International audiencePlato's Dialogues continue to challenge our common definition of love. Whereas...
This is a study of love (erōs) in Plato’s Symposium. It’s a study undertaken over three chapters, ea...
New philosophical essays on love by a diverse group of international scholars. Topics include contri...
What is it that we really love when we love an individual person, and to what extent are we egoistic...
[From backcover] Philosophy and Love introduces historical and contemporary philosophical reflect...
In this chapter, I offer an overview of current scholarly debates on Plato's Lysis. I also argue for...
One of the speakers of Plato's dialogue Symposium is a comic playwright Aristophanes, who joins the ...
This article investigates the internal structure of ἔρως, as it is conceptualized in Plato’s Symposi...
Abstract The Study of love and its meaning, not as a philosophical, literary or social concept, but ...
International audiencePlato's Dialogues continue to challenge our common definition of love. Whereas...
Plato’s dialogues, the Symposium, and Phaedrus, provide a reasonableexplanation of love. G. Vlastos ...
When people now talk about a relationship as being “Platonic”, they mean that the relationship is a ...
Plato’s Symposium is about Love (Eros) par excellence. Our work will focus on the discourse uttered ...
This thesis provides a comparison of the ideas of caring and love as they appear in the works of Pla...