Title: Le Banquet de Platon Traictant d'Amour & de Beaute... Author: Plato Place: Paris Publisher: Guillaume Guillard Date: 1556 Description: [viii], 188, [2], [2] blank pp. (4to) 22x15 cm (8½x6") full limp vellum, spine lettered in an early hand (faded). Scarce printing of Plato's Symposium. The Symposium is a philosophical text concerning itself at one level with the genesis, purpose and nature of love, and (in latter-day interpretations) is the origin of the concept of Platonic love. Love is examined in a sequence of speeches by men attending a symposium, or banquet. Each man must deliver an encomium, a speech in praise of Love (Eros). The party takes place at the house of the tragedian Agathon in Athens. Socrates in his speech asserts that the highest purpose of love is to become a philosopher or, literally, a lover of wisdom. The dialogue has been used as a source by social historians seeking to throw light on life in ancient Athens, in particular upon sexual behavior, and the symposium as an institution. Lot Amendments Condition: Some light wear and soiling to vellum; light foxing, a few ink notes in an early hand; very good. Item number: 242267
Title: Le Banquet de Platon Traictant d'Amour & de Beaute... Author: Plato Place: Paris Publisher: Guillaume Guillard Date: 1556 Description: [viii], 188, [2], [2] blank pp. (4to) 22x15 cm (8½x6") full limp vellum, spine lettered in an early hand (faded). Scarce printing of Plato's Symposium. The Symposium is a philosophical text concerning itself at one level with the genesis, purpose and nature of love, and (in latter-day interpretations) is the origin of the concept of Platonic love. Love is examined in a sequence of speeches by men attending a symposium, or banquet. Each man must deliver an encomium, a speech in praise of Love (Eros). The party takes place at the house of the tragedian Agathon in Athens. Socrates in his speech asserts that the highest purpose of love is to become a philosopher or, literally, a lover of wisdom. The dialogue has been used as a source by social historians seeking to throw light on life in ancient Athens, in particular upon sexual behavior, and the symposium as an institution. Lot Amendments Condition: Some light wear and soiling to vellum; light foxing, a few ink notes in an early hand; very good. Item number: 242267
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