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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Missouri Pr
Publication date
May 1, 2003
Pages
608
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780826214591
ISBN-10
0826214592
Dimensions
1.75 by 6.25 by 8.75 in.
Weight
2.35 lbs.
Original list price
$60.00
Other format details
university press
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Eros, Wisdom, and Silence is a close reading of Platoâs Seventh Letter and his dialogues Symposium and Phaedrus, with significant attention also given to Alcibiades I. A book about love, James Rhodesâs work was conceived as a conversation and meant to be read side by side with Platoâs works and those of his worthy interlocutors. It invites lovers to participate in conversations that move their souls to love, and it also invites the reader to take part in the authorâs dialogues with Plato and his commentators.
           Rhodes addresses two closely related questions: First, what does Plato mean when he says in the Seventh Letter that he never has written and never will write anything concerning that about which he is serious? Second, what does Socrates mean when he claims to have an art of eros and that this techne is the only thing he knows?
Through careful analysis, Rhodes establishes answers to these questions.
He determines that Plato cannot write anything concerning that about which he is serious because his most profound knowledge consists of his soulâs silent vision of ultimate, transcendent reality, which is ineffable. Rhodes also shows that, for Socrates, eros is a symbol for the soulâs experience of divine reality, which pulls every element of human nature toward its proper end, but which also leads people to evil and tyranny when human resistance causes it to become diseased.
           Opening up a new avenue of Plato scholarship, Eros, Wisdom, and Silence is political philosophy at its conversational best. Scholars and students in political philosophy, classical studies, and religious studies will find this work invaluable.
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9780826214591 | details & prices | 608 pages | 6.25 × 8.75 × 1.75 in. | 2.35 lbs | List price $60.00
About: Â Eros, Wisdom, and Silence is a close reading of Platoâs Seventh Letter and his dialogues Symposium and Phaedrus, with significant attention also given to Alcibiades I.
About: Â Eros, Wisdom, and Silence is a close reading of Platoâs Seventh Letter and his dialogues Symposium and Phaedrus, with significant attention also given to Alcibiades I.
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