Platonic Dialogues on Love: Symposium, Phaedrus, Lysis, & Alcibiades 1, Comments by Anders Nygren
Nov 4, 2024
"Anders Nygren penned a book, Agape and Eros, that was highly influential among theologians. We will also review comments by famous Jesuit professor, Frederick Copleston.
How can we benefit by reflecting on Four Platonic Dialogues on Love: Lysis, Alcibiades, Symposium, and Phaedrus? How similar are they?
Was it possible for men and women, and husbands and wives, to be friends in ancient Greece and Rome?
Did the Platonic dialogues on love condone or encourage homosexuality and pederasty, or men-boy love?"
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