Plato''s Erotic World - From Cosmic Origins to Human Death

Informationen zum Autor Jill Gordon is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Philosophy at Colby College, Maine. She is the author of Turning Toward Philosophy: Literary Device and Dramatic Structure in Plato's Dialogues (1999). Klappentext This book examines the fundamental importance of Eros in Plato's writing, arguing that he sees the world as erotic from cosmic origins to human death. Zusammenfassung This book examines the fundamental importance of Eros in Plato's writing! arguing that he sees the world as erotic from cosmic origins to human death. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Cosmos; 2. Questioning; 3. Courage; 4. Matchmaking; 5. Self-knowledge; 6. Memory.

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• Authors: Jill Gordon, Jill (Colby College Gordon, Gordon Jill
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.08.2012
• EAN: 9781107024113
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02411-3
• No. of pages: 254
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge