Socrates on Friendship and Community: Reflections on Plato's Symposium, Phaedrus, Andlysis

by Mary P. Nichols

In the modern philosophical tradition, Plato's Socrates has been viewed as an alienating influence on Western thought and life. In this book, Mary Nichols addresses Kierkegaard's and Nietzsche's criticism of Socrates and recovers the place of friendship and community in Socratic philosophizing. Her rich analysis of both dramatic details and philosophic themes in Plato's Symposium, Phaedras, and Lysis shows how love finds its fulfillment in the reciprocal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521899737
• ISBN13: 9780521899734
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"