Plato: On Love

By: Plato

Narrated by: Robin Field

Plato's dialogue in the Symposium, which has as its topic the subject of love, explores the idea of love as a means of ascent to contemplation of the Divine. For Plato, generally, to love other human beings is to direct one's mind to love of Divinity. One proceeds from recognition of another's beauty to appreciation of Beauty as it exists apart from any individual, to consideration of Divinity, the source of Beauty, to love of Divinity. Influential, particularly in Victorian England, Plato’s thoughts On Love are timelessly presented in this fresh recording.

Public Domain (P)2010 Mission Audio

Arrogant

Terrible read. Embarrassing to think these men got together and spoke this way to one another. They were every one, arrogant and oblivious.

Enjoyaby

It's nice to see that we haven't changed all that much over the years except in language and scope of information

Not the book I wanted.

I thought it was the Plato on love collection of dialogues edited by c. d. C. Reeve, that includes lysis, symposium, phaedo, and a few other works, but this recording only has symposium (which is not what I was looking for).