Eros, Paideia and Arete: The lesson of Plato's symposium

Commentators of Plato's Symposium rarely recognize the importance of traditional Greek conceptions of Eros, paideia and arete in understanding Plato's critique of the various educational models presented in the dialogue. I will show how Plato contests these models by proposing that educati...

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Main Author: Campbell, Jason St. John Oliver
Format: Others
Published: Scholar Commons 2005
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Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/2806
http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3805&context=etd