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    Symposium and Phaedrus by Tom Griffith, Plato, Richard Rutherford (Introduction)

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    • Publisher: Random House Inc
    • Pub. Date: March 2001
    • ISBN-13: 9780375411748
    • Sales Rank: 304,133
    • 240pp
     
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    Synopsis

    Two important dialogues offer crucial insights into Platonic doctrine. Symposium deals with ultimate manifestation of love, eternal beauty. Phaedrus discusses psychology of love, "forms" as objects of transcendental emotion. Jowett translation.

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    Biography

    Richard Rutherford is a Fellow of Christ Church, Oxford.
    Tom Griffith's translation of Phaedrus is published here for the first time. His translation of the Symposium (1986) has been newly revised for this edition.

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