Symposium, plato, a full cast, david shaw parker, nonfictionlectures, nonfiction, naxos audiobooks, 2. This dialogue is unlike the others of plato, in as much as, socrates does not question the others in the dialectical fashion, except briefly. The marriage between character and thought bursts forth as the guests gather at agathons house to celebrate the success of his first tragedy. The guests decide not to get drunk, but drinking a little and discuss about love. For full text, click here after listening to a long discussion by others on love, socrates weighs in with the teachings of diotima of mantinea. In symposium, a group of athenian aristocrats attend a party held by agathon to celebrate his victory in the drama festival of the dionysia. For in my opinion humanity has entirely failed to perceive the power of love. Like and agathon said, it is probable, socrates, that i knew nothing of what i. Christopher gills translation retains all the drama and humour of the greek, bringing the historical figures to life. Each guest gives a speech in praise of the benefits of desire. Product categories often imitated but never equaled, our rollerblocks, platforms and rack systems will raise your existing system to a new level of performance. Platos symposium audiobook by plato 9781887250290 rakuten. The symposium is a collection of dinner conversations in the subject of love and whilst very of its time, still relevant today.
The discussion culminates in a radical challenge to conventional views by platos mentor, socrates, who advocates transcendence through spiritual love. The annenberg cpbproject provided support for entering this text. Firstly phaedrus says at the very start of his speech, love is a great god, plato, 178b which shows he thinks love to be male and throughout his speech he uses the pronoun he for love which happens in almost each speech. In the spirit of freshness, i will focus on one very important section, where socrates relates the words of his. Several of platos dialogs refer to socrates military service. The sequence of dazzling speeches culminates in socrates famous account of the views of diotima, a prophetess who taught him. They talk about love until the drunken alcibiades bursts in, and decides to talk. Mar 07, 20 audiobook audio book book ebook e book e book listen to books audiobook full harry potter book charts youtube book novel shakespeare horror books category education. Listen to platos symposium by plato available from rakuten kobo. Enjoy these four amazing philosophical works that have stood the test of time. Aug 25, 2005 buy the symposium penguin great ideas new ed by plato isbn. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free.
The dramatic nature of platos dialogues is delightfully evident in the symposium. Look for the on plato s symposium translation for a more literal version, available in a dialogues of plato paperback. After trial, get 1 audiobook and 2 audible originals each month. The symposium, as plato intended it, succeeds both as a work of philosophy, and as a work of seriocomic theater. Socrates says he served in the athenian army during three campaigns. Look for the on platos symposium translation for a more literal version, available in a dialogues of plato paperback. Also books by john harvey, robert goddard, beryl bainbridge, david lodge and j g ballard. Sep 07, 2016 the dramatic nature of plato s dialogues is delightfully evident in symposium. Apr 24, 2008 plato s symposium, written in the early part of the 4th century bc, is set at a drinking party symposium attended by some of the leading intellectuals of the day, including aristophanes, the comic dramatist, socrates, plato s mentor, and alcibiades, the brilliant but eventually treacherous politician. The national endowment for the humanities provided support for entering this text. Buy symposium oxford worlds classics by plato, waterfield, robin isbn. Platos styles and characters, between literature and philosophy, university of brasilia, august 222012. The symposium by plato full audio book ancient greek philosophy subscribe to greatest audio books.
Symposium annotated by plato plato, paperback barnes. Instead the various speakers take turns, as it were, each offering what he knows from his own perspective and then socrates presents a view that can place the others within a grander. The men there talk and drink and then decide that each should give a speech in praise of the god, love. Although the historical socrates was a strong influence on plato, the character by that name that appears in many of his dialogues is a product of plato s fertile imagination. Purchase a copy of this text not necessarily the same edition from. Plato s symposium this dialogue is unlike the others of plato, in as much as, socrates does not question the others in the dialectical fashion, except briefly. Socrates retells a speech he heard from diotima, a woman he describes as wise, but who was apparently a fictitious character. For my money a good translation, very readable and entertaining and good forward explaining the work, which i read afterwards. With wit and insight, they each present their ideas about lovefrom erixymachuss scientific naturalism to aristophanes comic fantasy. Symposium by plato, part of the internet classics archive. This study guide consists of approximately 29 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of symposium.
Persons of the dialogue apollodorus, who repeats to his companion the dialogue. The symposium is a deft interweaving of different viewpoints and ideas about the nature of love as a response to beauty, a cosmic force, a motive for social action and as a means of ethical education. 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. Platos symposium, written in the early part of the 4th century bc, is set at a drinking party symposium attended by some of the leading intellectuals of the day, including aristophanes, the comic dramatist, socrates, platos mentor, and alcibiades, the brilliant but eventually treacherous politician. He has already given one party, the previous evening.
In one of platos more accessible works, apollodorus tells a friend about a drinking party or symposium attended by many of intellectuals of late 5th century athens. Once again, the structure of the speech begins with telling of the qualities of love before talking of his works. M4b compatible with most audio book players and itunes. The guestsincluding the comic poet aristophanes and plato s mentor socrateseach deliver a short speech in praise of love. He wrote approximately twodozen dialogues that explore core topics that are essential to all human beings. Please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes. Symposium the ladder of love by allan bloom on platos symposium by seth benardete includes bibliographical references counter plato, allan bloom wrote, is the most erotic of philosophers, and his symposium is one of. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Platos retelling of the discourses between socrates and his friends on such subjects as love and desire, truth and illusion, spiritual transcendence and the qualities of a good ruler, profoundly affected the ways in which we view human relationships, society and leadership and shaped the whole tradition of western philosophy. Griffiths translation is well chosenit is swift an unlabored, perfect for a dramatic presentation. An exlibrary book and may have standard library stamps andor stickers. Symposium is central in platos philosophy, since it talks about love and ideas. This is one of platos most known dialogues, dating back to around 380385 bc. Paper given at the first latin american area conference of the international plato society and x archai international seminar.
The men include the philosopher socrates, the general and political figure alcibiades, and the comic playwright aristophanes. 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. This classic discussion on love is presented in its. Platos feministic approach in symposium auws interpreting. Socrates and aristodemus will attend a banquet at agathon, with aristophanes, appolodore, pausanias and eryximachus. Serenade kammermusikfuhrer villa musica rheinlandpfalz. They talk about love until the drunken alcibiades bursts in, and decides to talk about socrates instead. In ancient greece, a symposium was an afterdinner drinking party that commonly included such amusements as music, dancing, and conversation. The dramatic nature of plato s dialogues is delightfully evident in the symposium. Listen to plato s symposium by plato available from rakuten kobo.
Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook. The guestsincluding the comic poet aristophanes and platos mentor socrateseach deliver a short speech in praise of love. Differentiated book it has a historical context with research of the timethe novel begins on a windy january day in the fictional city of hannover, nebraska, sometime between 1883 and 1890. Naxos recordings include dead souls by gogol and platos. Symposium the ladder of love by allan bloom on plato s symposium by seth benardete includes bibliographical references counter plato, allan bloom wrote, is the most erotic of philosophers, and his symposium is one of the greatest works on the nature of love ever written. The dramatic nature of plato s dialogues is delightfully evident in symposium. Socrates and aristodemus go to a party given for agathon, since agathon has just won a contest for the performance of his tragedy. In his celebrated masterpiece, symposium, plato imagines a highsociety dinnerparty in athens in 416 bc at which the guests including the comic poet aristophanes and, of course, platos mentor socrates each deliver a short speech in praise of love.
The house of agathon translated by benjamin jowett 20 pages part 1 greek fonts search platos works plato anthology the greek word library note by elpenor. The discussion culminates in a radical challenge to conventional views by plato s mentor, socrates, who advocates transcendence through spiritual love. In his celebrated masterpiece, symposium, plato imagines a highsociety dinnerparty in athens in 416 bc. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The symposium penguin classics plato, christopher gill isbn. It is one of the most influential works of philosophy and political theory, and arguably platos best known work. The works contained in this audiobook include the republic, the apology, crito, and symposium. And the introduction admirably presents both basic. Quite a few comments have been posted about symposium. The symposium quotes by plato meet your next favorite book.
Feb 09, 20 on reading symposium for the first time, i thought plato was not a feminist. The symposium by plato meet your next favorite book. Cancel online anytime and keep all your audiobooks. Symposium plato language watch edit active discussions. Symposium was written around 384 bc, and many would regard it as plato s finest dialogue, from an artistic point of view, and the most enjoyable to read or listen to. It is a discussion on the nature of love, taking the form of a group of speeches, both satirical. On reading symposium for the first time, i thought plato was not a feminist.
With wit and insight, they all present their ideas about love from erixymachus scientific naturalism to aristophanes comic fantasy. This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject. The greek word sumposion means a drinking party a fact shamefully ignored by the organizers of modern symposia, and the party described in plato s symposium is one supposedly given in the year 416 bc by the playwright agathon to celebrate his victory in the dramatic festival of the lenaea. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Plato s retelling of the discourses between socrates and his friends on such subjects as love and desire, truth and illusion, spiritual transcendence and the qualities of a good ruler, profoundly affected the ways in which we view human relationships, society and leadership and shaped the whole tradition of western philosophy. Introduction to platos symposium the symposium tells the story of a drinking party in which the guests agree to put aside their desire for wine, women and music and deliver speeches in honor of eros, a word often translated as love but more aptly described as sexual desire or passionate love. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the symposium plato article. It depicts a friendly contest of extemporaneous speeches given by a group of notable men attending a banquet. The symposium, penguin classics by plato 9780140449273. The symposium is a philosophical text by plato dated c. The text is concerned with the nature of love, as many intellectuals and artists in athens debate the. Diotima also questions socrates, who used to think that love was beautiful and good.
This audiobook contains plato s most notable books, narrated brilliantly by kevin kollins. Middle dialogues symposium, english translation by benjamin jowett public domain audiobook at librivox bbc in our time. A translation by seth benardete with commentaries by allan bloom and seth benardete plato, seth. The symposium is a deft interweaving of different viewpoints and ideas about the nature of love as a response to beauty, a cosmic force or a path to goodness. The dramatic nature of platos dialogues is delightfully evident in symposium. The symposium by plato full audio book ancient greek. My first foray into plato and a good place to start an easy going quick read book. Symposium gives a picture of the sparkling society that was athens at the height of her empire. The symposium is one of those books that everyone should read.
Platos symposium is one of the most loved classics from the ancient world, a work of consummate beauty as both philosophy and as literature, most appropriate since the topic of this dialogue is the nature of love and includes much philosophizing on beauty. Apollodorus tells the story of a drinking party or symposium that occurs long ago. Symposium by plato diotima questions socrates and the. Buy the symposium penguin great ideas new ed by plato isbn. A model of the kind of text one needs for lecture courses.
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