Yearning for the Infinite: Desire and Possession in Three Platonic Dialogues (Center for Hellenic Studies: Trustees for Harvard University)

by Steven Lowenstam

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This work about Plato investigates the aims and objects of human desire, the ways in which humans can identify what they most need, the likelihood of realizing their goals, and the prospect of whether they ever cease to desire. The book focuses on three Platonic dialogues: the Symposium, Lysis, and Phaedrus.
  • ISBN10 0674016467
  • ISBN13 9780674016460
  • Publish Date 1 July 1987
  • Publish Status Cancelled
  • Out of Print 15 July 2009
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Harvard University Press
  • Edition 8th ed.
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 480
  • Language English