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Tables of Contents for Loving and Dying
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
Introduction
ix
PART I. PHAEDO
The Drama and Dramatic Movement
1
12
Elements of the overall drama
2
8
The dramatic movement of the narrated happening as a whole
10
3
Music and Story-telling
13
10
Socrates the musician (59c8-61d2)
13
5
Mythologizing on death (61d2-62a2)
18
5
Defense for the Philosophic Life
23
18
The first explanation of the lover-of-wisdom's wanting to die (623a2-63b5)
23
2
Socrates's defense of his life (63b5-69e5)
25
10
A hint concerning the discussion to come (59c8-69a5)
35
2
The summons to argument (69e6-70c3)
37
4
First Argument for Immortality
41
23
The first part of the first argument (70c3-72e2)
41
11
The second part of the first argument (77e2-77b1)
52
9
The completion of the first argument (77b1-77d5)
61
3
Soothing the Fear of Death
64
7
A childish fear
64
3
Soothing talk
67
4
The Second Argument, and a Story
71
16
The second argument (78b4-80e2)
71
5
The story after the second argument (80e2-84b8)
76
11
A Pause in the Argument (84b8-91c6)
87
14
The swan-song of the servant of Apollo
87
4
The objections stated
91
3
Misology
94
7
Reply to Simmias (91c6-95a6)
101
6
Reply to Cebes, the Third Argument
107
23
Socrates's experience of philosophic inquiry (95a7-100b9)
107
8
Account of the cause (100c1-105c8)
115
1
Third argument for the soul's immortality (105c9-107b10)
116
14
The urging to a clearer examination of the primary hypotheses
118
4
The argument, taken literally, then reflectively
122
1
The reflective meaning of the extended argument for immortality
123
7
Myth and the End
130
11
The myth (107c1-115a8)
130
7
The journey to Hades
130
1
The earth and its regions or places
131
2
The soul's journey, envisaged in relation to these regions and places
133
4
The death of Socrates (115b1-end)
137
4
First Interlude
139
2
PART II. SYMPOSIUM
Dramatic Setting and Movement
141
5
Phaedrus, Pausanias, and Eryximachus
146
5
Aristophanes
151
9
The story
151
2
What is the story about?
153
2
The Aristophanic interpretation and emphasis
155
5
Agathon
160
2
Socrates
162
17
Diotima on eros
164
8
Diotima, what love is (201d1-204c7)
164
2
Diotima, love's use to human beings (204c8-212a8)
166
6
The Socratic interpretation and emphasis
172
7
The maturational meaning of eros in youth
172
2
The contrast with Aristophanes
174
5
Alcibiades
179
7
Second Interlude
184
2
PART III. PHAEDRUS
Dramatic Setting and Movement
186
19
The non-lover's speech: Lysias
189
3
A lover's pretend-speech: Socrates
192
4
The divine sign, and love as a divine madness: Socrates
196
2
Cicadas, and conversing
198
4
Speech
202
3
Love
205
19
Immortal and mortal living beings
206
2
The mortal and its embodied lives
208
2
In mortals, loving and the lover
210
4
The meaning of the muthos
214
10
Speech
224
11
The art of speaking in written and oral fashion
224
7
The contrast of speaking and writing
231
4
Coda
235
2
Second Coda
237
7
Notes
244
32
Selected Bibliography
276
2
Index
278