Plato's Symposium: The Ethics of Desire
Oxford University Press (2006)
| Abstract | Frisbee Sheffield argues that the Symposium has been unduly marginalized by philosophers. Although the topic, eros, and the setting at a symposium have seemed anomalous, she demonstrates that both are intimately related to Plato's preoccupation with the nature of the good life, with virtue, and how it is acquired and transmitted. For Plato, analyzing our desires is a way of reflecting on the kind of people we will turn out to be and on our chances of leading a worthwhile and happy life. In its focus on the question why he considered desires to be amenable to this type of reflection, this book explores Plato's ethics of desire. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Ethics, Ancient Love | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Buy the book | Amazon page | |||||||||
| Call number | B385.S52 2006 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 0199286779 9780199567812 9780199286775 0199567816 | |||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,709 |
| External links |
  Try with proxy. |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesSuzanne Obdrzalek (2008). Sheffield (F.C.C.) Plato's Symposium: The Ethics of Desire. Pp. X + 252. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Cased, £50. ISBN: 978-0-19-928677-. [REVIEW] The Classical Review 58 (01).
James Duerlinger (1985). Ethics and the Divine Life in Plato's Philosophy. Journal of Religious Ethics 13 (2):312 - 331.
Plato (2008). Plato: The Symposium. Cambridge Univ Pr.
Frisbee C. C. Sheffield (2006). The Role of the Earlier Speeches in Thesymposium : Plato's Endoxic Method? In J. H. Lesher, Debra Nails & Frisbee C. C. Sheffield (eds.), Plato's Symposium: Issues in Interpretation and Reception. Distributed by Harvard University Press.
J. H. Lesher, Debra Nails & Frisbee C. C. Sheffield (eds.) (2006). Plato's Symposium: Issues in Interpretation and Reception. Distributed by Harvard University Press.
Ralph Wedgwood (2009). Diotima's Eudaemonism: Intrinsic Value and Rational Motivation in Plato's Symposium. Phronesis 54 (4):297-325.
Catherine Osborne (1994). Eros Unveiled: Plato and the God of Love. Oxford University Press.
Frisbee C. C. Sheffield (2011). BeyondEros: Friendship in thePhaedrus. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 111 (2pt2):251-273.
Robin Waterfield (2008). Plato's Symposium: The Ethics of Desire. By Frisbee C.C. Sheffield. Heythrop Journal 49 (3):476–477.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2009-01-28Total downloads45 ( #24,580 of 549,578 )Recent downloads (6 months)1 ( #63,397 of 549,578 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
