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

Description: Socrates on Friendship and Community by Mary P. Nichols In Socrates on Friendship and Community, Mary P. Nichols addresses Kierkegaards and Nietzsches criticism of Socrates and recovers the place of friendship and community in Socratic philosophizing. Nichols rich analysis of both dramatic details and philosophic themes in Platos Symposium, Phaedras, and Lysis shows how love finds its fulfilment in the reciprocal relation of friends. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In Socrates on Friendship and Community, Mary P. Nichols addresses Kierkegaards and Nietzsches criticism of Socrates and recovers the place of friendship and community in Socratic philosophizing. This approach stands in contrast to the modern philosophical tradition, in which Platos Socrates has been viewed as an alienating influence on Western thought and life. Nichols rich analysis of both dramatic details and philosophic themes in Platos Symposium, Phaedras, and Lysis shows how love finds its fulfilment in the reciprocal relation of friends. Nichols also shows how friends experience another as their own and themselves as belonging to another. Their experience, she argues, both sheds light on the nature of philosophy and serves as a standard for a political life that does justice to human freedom and community. Author Biography Mary P. Nichols is professor of political science at Baylor University. She is the author of numerous books and articles in the history of political thought and politics, literature, and film, including Citizens and Statesmen: A Commentary on Aristotles "Politics" and Reconstructing Woody: Art, Love, and Life in the Films of Woody Allen. Table of Contents 1. The problem of Socrates: Kierkegaard and Nietzsche; 2. Love, generation, and political community (the Symposium); 3. Self-knowledge, love, and rhetoric (Platos Phaedrus); 4. Who is the friend? (the Lysis); 5. Socratic philosophizing. Review … Nicholss reading of Platos central dialogues on love and friendship … combines the resourcefulness and neediness of philosophical eros with the openness and self-awareness of friendship. Her writing thus exhibits the harmony of speech and deed that is the hallmark of genuine philosophers and true friends alike. Read in the spirit in which it is written, her fine book will yield abundant fruit for years to come. The Review of PoliticsSocrates on Friendship and Community will be of considerable interests to classicists, philosophers, and political theorists alike. It focuses its reflections on three Platonic dialogues, but in so doing contributes much to the appreciation of the suggestive art of Platonic composition generally. Hermathena Promotional Mary P. Nichols addresses Kierkegaards and Nietzsches criticism of Socrates and recovers the place of friendship and community in Socratic philosophizing. Review Quote "Nicholss thoughtful and important book about the essential place of friendship and community in Socratic philosophizing is itself a friendly correction of Nietzsche and Kierkegaard, one that develops their best insights in showing how poetry and piety come together in philosophy...her fine book will yield abundant fruit for years to come." The Review of Politics,Jacob Howland Promotional "Headline" Mary P. Nichols addresses Kierkegaards and Nietzsches criticism of Socrates and recovers the place of friendship and community in Socratic philosophizing. Description for Bookstore In Socrates on Friendship and Community, Mary P. Nichols addresses Kierkegaards and Nietzsches criticism of Socrates and recovers the place of friendship and community in Socratic philosophizing. Nichols rich analysis of both dramatic details and philosophic themes in Platos Symposium, Phaedras, and Lysis shows how love finds its fulfilment in the reciprocal relation of friends. Description for Library In Socrates on Friendship and Community, Mary P. Nichols addresses Kierkegaards and Nietzsches criticism of Socrates and recovers the place of friendship and community in Socratic philosophizing. Nichols rich analysis of both dramatic details and philosophic themes in Platos Symposium, Phaedras, and Lysis shows how love finds its fulfilment in the reciprocal relation of friends. Details ISBN0521899737 Author Mary P. Nichols Short Title SOCRATES ON FRIENDSHIP & COMMU Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 0521899737 ISBN-13 9780521899734 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2008 Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Residence US Illustrations black & white illustrations Subtitle Reflections on Platos Symposium, Phaedrus,andLysis Affiliation Baylor University, Texas DOI 10.1604/9780521899734 UK Release Date 2008-11-24 AU Release Date 2008-11-24 NZ Release Date 2008-11-24 Pages 238 Publication Date 2008-11-24 Alternative 9780511586583 DEWEY 183.2 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:91392943;

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