Dated 385-380 BC
Ancient Greece

Readings:

6 Sep Plato, Symposium 1, pp. 1-19

 

 

 

 

 

 

11 Sep, Plato, Symposium 2, pp. 20-44

 

13 Sep, Plato, Symposium 3, pp. 44-77 CLASS MEETS IN FISK 204 ‘ENGLISH LAB’
Lab Instructions

Background:
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Plato’s concept of friendship
Wikipedia on the Symposium

Electronic texts:
Jowett translation - full text / PHAEDRUS / PAUSANIAS/ ERYXIMACHUS /ARISTOPHANES / AGATHON / DIOTIMA / ALCIBIADES / REST

Bernadete translation - full text / PHAEDRUS / PAUSANIAS (missing ending) /Eryximachus (ending lines only) / Aristophanes/ Agathon / Diotima/ Alcibiades