LEADER 02857nam 22006734a 450 001 996217846503316 005 20230829005351.0 010 $a0-19-956781-6 010 $a1-281-15430-X 010 $a9786611154301 010 $a0-19-153682-2 010 $a1-4356-1898-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000375217 035 $a(EBL)728994 035 $a(OCoLC)427508487 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000088769 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11127202 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088769 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10089013 035 $a(PQKB)10348186 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001038831 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12398688 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001038831 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11068693 035 $a(PQKB)10733393 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073782 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC728994 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000375217 100 $a20060222d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPlato's Symposium$b[electronic resource] $ethe ethics of desire /$fFrisbee C.C. Sheffield 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (263 p.) 225 1 $aOxford classical monographs 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-171319-8 311 $a0-19-928677-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [240]-248) and indexes. 327 $aEro?s and the good life -- Socrates' speech : The nature of Ero?s -- Socrates' speech : The aim of Ero?s -- Socrates' speech : The activity of Ero?s -- Socrates' speech : Concern for others? -- 'Nothing to do with human affairs?' : Alcibiades' response to Socrates -- Shadow lovers : the symposiasts and Socrates. 330 $aFrisbee Sheffield argues that the Symposium has been unduly marginalized by philosophers. Although the topic - eros - and the setting at a symposium have seemed anomalous, she demonstrates that both are intimately related to Plato's preoccupation with the nature of the good life, with virtue, and how it is acquired and transmitted. For Plato, analysing our desires is a way of reflecting on the kind of people we will turn out to be and on our chances of leading aworthwhile and happy life. In its focus on the question why he considered desires to be amenable to this type of reflection, this book 410 0$aOxford classical monographs. 606 $aEthics, Ancient 606 $aLove 615 0$aEthics, Ancient. 615 0$aLove. 676 $a170 676 $a184 700 $aSheffield$b Frisbee C. C$g(Frisbee Candida Cheyenne)$01018231 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996217846503316 996 $aPlato's Symposium$92393284 997 $aUNISA