Eros and Socratic Political Philosophy
Eros and Socratic Political Philosophy offers a new account of Plato's view of eros, or romantic love, by focusing on a question which has vexed many scholars: why does Plato's Socrates praise eros highly on some occasions but also criticize it harshly on
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R EC OVER I NG POLITICAL PHIL OSOPH Y SERIES EDITORS: THOMAS L. PANGLE AND TIMOTHY BURNS PUBLISHED BY PALGRAVE MACMILLAN:
Lucretius as Theorist of Political Life By John Colman Shakespeare’s Political Wisdom By Timothy Burns Political Philosophy Cross-Examined: Perennial Challenges to the Philosophic Life Edited by Thomas L. Pangle and J. Harvey Lomax Eros and Socratic Political Philosophy By David Levy
EROS AND SOCRATIC POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY David Levy
EROS AND SOCRATIC POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Copyright © David Levy, 2013. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2013 978-1-137-34538-7 All rights reserved. First published in 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-46645-0 ISBN 978-1-137-34271-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137342713
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Levy, David, 1981– Eros and socratic political philosophy / by David Levy. pages cm—(Recovering political philosophy) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Plato—Political and social views. 2. Socrates—Political and social views. 3. Love. 4. Philosophy, Ancient. 5. Political science— Philosophy. I. Title. JC71.P62L48 2013 320.01—dc23
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A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: July 2013 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
CONTENTS
Note from the Series Editors
vii
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
1
1. The Republic’s Blame of Eros
13
2. The Phaedrus’s Praise and Blame of Eros
55
3. Socrates’s Symposium Speech
113
Conclusion Final Ref lections on Socrates’s View of Eros
151
Notes
157
Bibliography
191
Index
199
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NOTE FROM THE SERIES EDITORS
P
algrave’s Recovering Political Philosophy series was launched with an eye to postmodernism’s challenge to the possibility of a rational foundation for and guidance of our political lives. This invigorating challenge has provoked a searching reexamination of classic texts, not only of political philosophers, but also of poets, artists, theologians, scientists, and other thinkers who may not be regarded conventionally as political theorists. The series publishes studies that endeavor to take up this reexamination and thereby help to recover the classical grounding for civic reason, as well as studies that clarify the strengths and the weaknesses of modern philosophic rationalism. The interpretative studies in the series are particularly attent
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