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Plato's Symposium
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Plato's Symposium, one of the Greek philosopher's most celebrated works. Written in the 4th century BC, it is a dialogue set at a dinner party attended by a number of prominent ancient Athenians, including the philosopher Socrates and the playwright Aristophanes. Each of the guests speaks of Eros, or erotic love. This fictional discussion of the nature of love, how and why it arises and what it means to be in love, has had a significant influence on later thinkers, and is the origin of the modern notion of Platonic love.
With:
Angie Hobbs Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield
Richard Hunter Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge
Frisbee Sheffield Director of Studies in Philosophy at Christ's College, University of Cambridge.
Producer: Thomas Morris.
154 episodes
Manage episode 165025563 series 1301290
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Plato's Symposium, one of the Greek philosopher's most celebrated works. Written in the 4th century BC, it is a dialogue set at a dinner party attended by a number of prominent ancient Athenians, including the philosopher Socrates and the playwright Aristophanes. Each of the guests speaks of Eros, or erotic love. This fictional discussion of the nature of love, how and why it arises and what it means to be in love, has had a significant influence on later thinkers, and is the origin of the modern notion of Platonic love.
With:
Angie Hobbs Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield
Richard Hunter Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge
Frisbee Sheffield Director of Studies in Philosophy at Christ's College, University of Cambridge.
Producer: Thomas Morris.
154 episodes
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