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

by Mary Nichols

In Socrates on Friendship and Community, Mary P. Nichols addresses Kierkegaard's and Nietzsche's 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 Plato's Socrates has been viewed as an alienating influence on Western thought and life. Nichols' rich analysis of both dramatic details and philosophic themes in Plato's Symposium,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521148839
• ISBN13: 9780521148832
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"