171 Seiten
Sprache: German
Am 9. April 1969 von Heimeran veröffentlicht.
[Von] Platon. Hrsg. und übers. von Franz Boll. Neu bearb. von Wolfgang Buchwald. Tusculum-Bücherei
Plato: Symposion. (German language, 1969, Heimeran)
171 Seiten
Sprache: German
Am 9. April 1969 von Heimeran veröffentlicht.
In the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on eros, or desire. From their conversation emerges a series of subtle reflections on gender roles, sex in society, and the sublimation of basic human instincts. The discussion culminates in a radical challenge to conventional views by Plato's mentor, Socrates, who advocates transcendence through spiritual love. The Symposium is a deft interweaving of different viewpoints and ideas about the nature of love - as a response to beauty, a cosmic force, a motive for social action, and as a means of ethical education.