The Dialogues of Plato, Volume 2; The Symposium

by Plato; Translated and with commentary by R. E. Allen

• ISBN13: 9780300056990
• ISBN10: 0300056990
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1993-08-25
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

This a translation of Plato's Symposium brings a classic text to life for modern readers. This faithful and readable translation is supplemented with a commentary that not only enriches our understanding of Plato's philosophy and the world of Greek antiquity, but also provides insights into present-day philosophical concerns.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Comment	3	(1)
Prologue: Apollodorus to a Companion (172a--174a)	3	(3)
Aristodemus's Prologue (174a--175e)	6	(1)
Eryximachus Proposes Speeches in Praise of Eros (176a--178a)	7	(5)
The Speech of Phaedrus (178a--180b)	12	(2)
The Speech of Pausanias (180c--185c)	14	(6)
First Interlude: Aristophanes and His Hiccups (185c--e)	20	(6)
Dionysus	20	(6)
The Speech of Eryximachus (185e--188e)	26	(4)
Eryximachus and Greek Medicine	28	(2)
Second Interlude: Aristophanes Recovered from His Hiccups (189a--c)	30	(1)
The Speech of Aristophanes (189c--193e)	31	(6)
Third Interlude: Socrates and Agathon (193e--194e)	37	(1)
The Speech of Agathon (194e--197e)	38	(2)
Fourth Interlude: Two Kinds of Encomium (198a--199c)	40	(1)
The Speech of Socrates (199c--212c)	41	(29)
The Elenchus of Agathon (199c--201c)	41	(5)
The Speech of Diotima (201d--212a)	46	(16)
Eros as Intermediate (201d--202d)	47	(1)
Eros as Daimon (202d--203a)	48	(1)
The Myth of Poros and Penia (203a--e)	49	(1)
Plotinus and Ficino	50	(3)
Eros as Philosopher (203e--204c)	53	(1)
Eros as Wish for Happiness (204c--205a)	54	(4)
False Consciousness: Plato and Freud	58	(2)
Diotima's Definition of Eros (205a--206a)	60	(2)
Wish and What Is Primarily Valuable	62	(3)
Of Human Bondage	65	(3)
Abraham Lincoln and the Pig	68	(2)
The Works of Eros: Begetting in Beauty (206b--207a)	70	(3)
Immortality and the Mortal Nature (207a--208b)	73	(3)
Creation in Respect to Body and Soul (208b--209e)	76	(1)
The Ladder of Love (209e--210e)	77	(5)
The Ascent to Beauty Itself (210e--212a)	82	(16)
The Idea of Beauty	83	(1)
Beauty and Goodness	84	(1)
Contemplation	85	(3)
Virtue and Contemplation	88	(1)
Recollection	89	(1)
The Descent of Eros	90	(1)
Eros and Psyche	91	(4)
Eros and Agape	95	(3)
Socrates' Peroration (212b--c)	98	(4)
Aristophanes Redivivus	99	(3)
Interlude: the Arrival of Alcibiades (212c--215a)	102	(2)
The Speech of Alcibiades (215a--222b)	104	(4)
Socrates Replies (222c--223b)	108	(1)
Conclusion (223b--d)	109	(2)
Translation	111	(60)
Index	171