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(More customer reviews)I was a student of Geier's in '08-'09 and I have read both the Symposium and Phaedrus a few times. This book sums them up together beautifully. Geier himself is very profound and evokes emotion, passion and thought into his students. I loved this book and its author, and for anyone reading the Platonic texts mentioned in the book (symposium, pheadrus, lysis) this book will not only tie them together but elevate your thoughts to the overall meanings of Plato's work. It re-assessed my love for Greek culture and philosophy so much that I minored in it. Thank you, Proff. Geier.The book was fantastic
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This 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 Symposium lead to a discovery and characterization of the nature 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 Lysis and the Phaedrus, which both address how the object arises, in two different ways, the Socratic and the Platonic. Alfred Geier is Associate Professor of Religious and Classical Studies, University of Rochester
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