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1 online resource (1 audio file (2hr., 15 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Chris Ciulla. |
| Summary |
The Symposium (Ancient Greek: Συμπόσιον) is a philosophical book written by Plato sometime after 385 BCE. On one level the book deals with the genealogy, nature and purpose of love, on another level the book deals with the topic of knowledge, specifically how does one know what one knows. The topic of love is taken up in the form of a group of speeches, given by a group of men at a symposium or a wine drinking party at the house of the tragedian Agathon at Athens. Plato constructed the Symposium as a story within a story within a story. This architecture creates the space for Plato to build his philosophy of knowledge. The speech of Socrates points out that the highest purpose of Love is to become a Philosopher, or Lover of Wisdom. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Socrates.
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Love -- Early works to 1800.
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Dialogues, Greek -- Translations into English.
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| Added Author |
Nehamas, Alexander, 1946-
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Woodruff, Paul, 1943-
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781955263429 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1955263426 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14113365 |
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