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Symposium or Drinking Party

Symposium or Drinking Party

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SKU 9781585105977 Categories Philosophy, Products

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 wa...

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Product ID:	9781585105977
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	US
Series:	Focus Philosophical Library
Title:	Symposium or Drinking Party
Authors:	Author: Plato
Page Count:	136
Subjects:	Literary studies: general, Literary studies: general
Description:	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.
Imprint Name:	Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Publisher Name:	Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2017-02-14

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Weight	176 g
Dimensions	139 × 215 × 15 mm