Plato: Symposium
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Plato's Symposium is the most literary of all his works and one which all students of classics are likely to want to read whether or not they are studying Plato's philosophy. But the reader does need help in appreciating both the artistry and the arguments, and in comprehending the social and cultural background against which the 'praise of love' is delivered. Sir Kenneth Dover provides here a sympathetic and modern edition of the kind that is long overdue. It consists…
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About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9780511813009
- Series Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
- Subjects Classical Literature,Classical Philosophy,Classical Studies,Philosophy
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 31 March 1980
- ISBN: 9780521295239
- Dimensions (mm): 186 x 123 mm
- Weight: 0.216kg
- Page extent: 196 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 14 September 2019
- ISBN: 9780511813009
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