Plato's Erotic World
| Author | : Jill Gordon |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 255 |
| Release | : 2012-08-13 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781107024113 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1107024110 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (110 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Plato's Erotic World by : Jill Gordon
Download or read book Plato's Erotic World written by Jill Gordon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-13 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the fundamental importance of eros in Plato's writing, which views the human soul as primordially erotic. Challenging the traditional designation of specific dialogues as the "erotic dialogues," Jill Gordon argues that eros permeates Plato's fictive world, including the metaphysical, epistemological, and cosmological conversations in Timaeus, Cratylus, Parmenides, Theaetetus, and Phaedo.
