Socrates and Alcibiades
by David Johnson
2020-12-29 08:25:14
Selections from Platoâs 'Symposium', 'Alcibiades I', and 'Alcibiades II', with the complete fragments of the dialogue 'Alcibiades' by Aeschines of Sphettus. These translations and their accompanying notes and essay provide a rich discussion of h...
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Selections from Platoâs 'Symposium', 'Alcibiades I', and 'Alcibiades II', with the complete fragments of the dialogue 'Alcibiades' by Aeschines of Sphettus. These translations and their accompanying notes and essay provide a rich discussion of how Athensâ greatest philosopher loved and tried to teach his most ambitious young student, and why Athens turned on both of them.
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