Book contents
- A Less Familiar Plato
- Cambridge Studies in Religion and Platonism
- A Less Familiar Plato
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Embodiment and Participation in the Divine
- Part II Introduction to the Republic and Philebus
- Part III Introduction to Love, Myth, Erotikē Technē, and Generative Epistēmē
- 7 Love and Myth
- 8 Desire, Love, and Friendship
- 9 The Many Questions of Plato’s Phaedrus
- 10 General Conclusion
- Appendix Scientific Perception or Sharp Seeing in the Middle and Late Dialogues
- Primary Texts
- General Bibliography
- Index
8 - Desire, Love, and Friendship
A Reading of Lysis, Alcibiades I, Symposium, and Phaedrus
from Part III - Introduction to Love, Myth, Erotikē Technē, and Generative Epistēmē
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 October 2023
- A Less Familiar Plato
- Cambridge Studies in Religion and Platonism
- A Less Familiar Plato
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Embodiment and Participation in the Divine
- Part II Introduction to the Republic and Philebus
- Part III Introduction to Love, Myth, Erotikē Technē, and Generative Epistēmē
- 7 Love and Myth
- 8 Desire, Love, and Friendship
- 9 The Many Questions of Plato’s Phaedrus
- 10 General Conclusion
- Appendix Scientific Perception or Sharp Seeing in the Middle and Late Dialogues
- Primary Texts
- General Bibliography
- Index
Summary
How does the picture outlined in Chapter 7 fit into the broader view of love and friendship from the Lysis and Alcibiades I to the Phaedrus?1 Is there a progression of thought from the Lysis and Alcibiades through the Symposium to the Phaedrus that shows, in part, why the Neoplatonists could adopt the Alcibiades as the first introductory dialogue in their curriculum? Furthermore, is a common modern view, associated with Gregory Vlastos principally, that Platonic love rejects love of real individuals in favor of ideals true? I shall take each of these questions in turn.
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- A Less Familiar PlatoFrom Phaedo to Philebus, pp. 222 - 239Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023