The poverty of Eros in Plato's Symposium. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lorelle D. Lamascus.
• Authors: Lamascus, Lorelle D
• Contents: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; A note on interpretation; Platonic Eros in the early part of the twentieth century; Platonic Eros in the mid- to late-twentieth century: The rise of the egoistic interpretation; Platonic Eros in the mid- to late-twentieth century: The response to the charge of egoism; 2 Myth and Religion in the Interpretation of Eros in the Symposium; Mythology in the Symposium; 3 The Development of the Concept of Poverty: From Deficiency to Abundance; The importance of poverty (πεν&#x;α) in the Symposium; The concept of poverty; Πεν&#x;α; 4 The Intermediacy of Eros Eros, desire, and wish: Establishing the intermediacy of ErosThe structure of Eros; An enquiry into the senses of intermediacy applicable to Eros; 5 Metaphysics, Motion, and Morality; The metaphysical status of Eros as intermediate; The use and work of Eros as intermediate: The moral consequences of the metaphysical status of Eros's intermediacy; 6 Poverty in the Ascent to the Vision of Beauty; The structure of Socrates's discourse; Eros, the tripartite soul, and participation in immortality; 7 Κ&#x;θαρσις and the Purification of Eros; The concept of κ&#x;θαρσις in the Phaedo and the Sophist The method of κ&#x;θαρσιςVirtue and κ&#x;θαρσις; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: London, UK New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 188 pages)
• Subjects: 184; Ethics & moral philosophy; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical; Classical history / classical civilisation; Philosophy -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical; Philosophy -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; History -- Ancient -- Greece; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474213820; 1474213820; 9781474213813; 1474213812
• Related ISBNs: 9781474213806; 1474213804
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 12, 2016).
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