Love for Wisdom in Four Platonic Dialogues
by
Elizabeth S. Belfiore
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Despite increasing interest in the figure of Socrates and in love in ancient Greece, no recent monograph studies these topics in all four of Plato's dialogues on love and friendship. This book provides important new insights into these subjects by examining Plato's characterization of Socrates in...