Plato's erotic world :: from cosmic origins to human death /

"This book examines the fundamental importance of eros in Plato's writing, arguing that he sees the world as erotic from cosmic origins to human death"--

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1. Verfasser: Gordon, Jill, 1962-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Zusammenfassung:"This book examines the fundamental importance of eros in Plato's writing, arguing that he sees the world as erotic from cosmic origins to human death"--
"Plato, ♯s̥ entire fictive world is permeated with philosophical concern for eros, well beyond the so-called erotic dialogues. Several metaphysical, epistemological, and cosmological conversations, ♯ ︡Timaeus, Cratylus, Parmenides, Theaetetus, and Phaedo, ♯ ︡demonstrate that eros lies at the root of the human condition and that properly guided eros is the essence of a life well lived. This book presents a holistic vision of eros, beginning with the presence of eros at the origin of the cosmos and the human soul, surveying four types of human self-cultivation aimed at good guidance of eros, and concluding with human death as a return to our origins. The book challenges conventional wisdom regarding the, ♯e︢rotic dialogues, ♯ ̮and demonstrates that Plato, ♯s̥ world is erotic from beginning to end: the human soul is primordially erotic and the well cultivated erotic soul can best remember and return to its origins, its lifelong erotic desire"--
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781139526296
1139526294
9781139162265
1139162268
9781107423572
1107423570
9781283574792
1283574799

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