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Plato's Symposium, written in the early part of the 4th century BC, is set at a drinking party (symposium) attended by some of the leading intellectuals of the day, including Aristophanes, the comic dramatist, Socrates, Plato's mentor, and Alcibiades, the brilliant but (eventually) treacherous politician. Each guest gives a speech in praise of the benefits of desire and its role in the good and happy human life. At the core of the work stands Socrates' praise of philosophical desire, and an argument for the superiority of the philosophical life as the best route to happiness. This edition provides an accessible and engaging new translation by M. C. Howatson, and a substantial introduction, by Frisbee Sheffield, which guides the reader through the various parts of the dialogue and reflects on its central arguments. A chronology and detailed notes on the participants help to set this enduring work in context.
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Whereas a commentary on the Clitophon requires no justification - for there is none in either Latin or any of the three major European languages of our time, its scale as offered her does call for an excuse.
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- Title Plato: Clitophon
- Author Plato; S. R. Slings (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 380
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press, UK
- Date 1999-11-18
- ISBN 9780521623681 / 0521623685
- Weight 1.39 lbs (0.63 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 2.54 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Library of Congress subjects Plato, Justice (Philosophy)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-52085
- Dewey Decimal Code 184
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