Plato's Erotic World From Cosmic Origins to Human Death |
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| Author:
| Gordon, Jill |
| ISBN: | 978-1-107-42357-2 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2014 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $41.99 |
Book Description:
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This book examines the fundamental importance of Eros in Plato's writing, which views the human soul as primordially erotic. Challenging the traditional designation of specific dialogues as the 'erotic dialogues', Jill Gordon argues that Eros permeates Plato's fictive world, including the metaphysical, epistemological and cosmological conversations in Timaeus, Cratylus, Parmenides, Theaetetus and Phaedo.
This book examines the fundamental importance of Eros in Plato's writing, which views the human soul as primordially erotic. Challenging the traditional designation of specific dialogues as the 'erotic dialogues', Jill Gordon argues that Eros permeates Plato's fictive world, including the metaphysical, epistemological and cosmological conversations in Timaeus, Cratylus, Parmenides, Theaetetus and Phaedo.