Plutarch
Dialog über die Liebe
Amatorius
Edited by Barbara Feichtinger, Fritz Graf, Werner G. Jeanrond and Jan Opsomer
[Dialogue On Love. Amatorius.]
2006. X, 323 pages. Sponsored by:
Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen
Published in German.
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Plutarch gives Plato's philosophy of love a new direction by applying its basic ideas to marital love and by defending the significance of sexuality for personality development and human bonding. This work is presented here with a literary-oriented introduction, the Greek text has been checked carefully, the German translation aims to be readable and is supplemented by detailed notes. Four essays by various authors are included.