Plato's Symposium

The Ethics of Desire
ISBN13: 9780199567812ISBN10: 0199567816 Paperback, 264 pages

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Frisbee 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 a worthwhile and happy life. In its focus on the question why he considered desires to be amenable to this type of reflection, this book explores Plato's ethics of desire.

Features

  • A fresh interpretation of a major Platonic text, relating the Symposium to wider issues in Plato's philosophy
  • Highlights topics of philosophical relevance, such as the ethics of desire

Product Details

264 pages; ISBN13: 978-0-19-956781-2ISBN10: 0-19-956781-6

About the Author(s)

Frisbee Sheffield is Research Fellow, Girton College, Cambridge.

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