{"product_id":"platos-erotic-thought-9781580460682","title":"Plato's Erotic Thought","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn attempt, by a close reading of three Platonic dialogues, the \u003ci\u003eSymposium\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLysis\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003ePhaedrus\u003c\/i\u003e, to discover the  true nature of the object of Eros and especially to understand the mystery of its birth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work is an attempt to understand the nature of the object of Eros in Plato's writings. In the first chapter certain considerations based on a passage in Plato's \u003ci\u003eSymposium\u003c\/i\u003e lead to a discovery and characterization of thenature of that object and several of its features. Then it is realized that the chief problem or mystery about the nature of the object of Eros is how it arises. The book then explores the \u003ci\u003eLysis\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003ePhaedrus\u003c\/i\u003e, which both address how the object arises, in two different ways, the Socratic and the Platonic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Alfred Geier is associate professor of religious and classical studies, University of Rochester.","brand":"Alfred Geier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280798200059,"sku":"9781580460682","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781580460682.jpg?v=1772485045","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/platos-erotic-thought-9781580460682","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}