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Eros Unveiled: Plato and the God of Love Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Osborne, Catherine (Author)

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 ISBN: 0198267665     ISBN-13: 9780198267669
Publisher: Clarendon Press
OUR PRICE: $56.05  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 1996
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Annotation: This unique book challenges the traditional distinction between eros, the love found in Greek thought, and agape, the love characteristic of Christianity. Focusing on a number of classic texts, including Plato's Symposium and Lysis, Aristotle's Ethics and Metaphysics, and famous passages in
Gregory of Nyssa, Origen, Dionysius the Areopagite, Plotinus, Augustine, and Thomas Aquinas, the author shows that Plato's account of eros is not founded on self-interest. In this way, she restores the place of erotic love as a Christian motif, and unravels some longstanding confusions in
philosophical discussions of love.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Religion
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
- Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical
Dewey: 128.4
Series: Clarendon Paperbacks
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.42" W x 8.46" L (0.71 lbs) 260 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
 
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This unique book challenges the traditional distinction between eros, the love found in Greek thought, and agape, the love characteristic of Christianity. Focusing on a number of classic texts, including Plato's Symposium and Lysis, Aristotle's Ethics and Metaphysics, , and famous passages in
Gregory of Nyssa, Origen, Dionysius the Areopagite, Plotinus, Augustine, and Thomas Aquinas, the author shows that Plato's account of eros is not founded on self-interest. In this way, she restores the place of erotic love as a Christian motif, and unravels some longstanding confusions in
philosophical discussions of love.
 
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