爱的阶梯：柏拉图的《会饮》

Love and Friendship #3

by Allan Bloom, 艾伦·布鲁姆, 秦露 (Translator)

本书是阿兰·布鲁姆《爱与友谊》第三部分。作者在讨论完卢梭、莎士比亚之后，回溯到柏拉图。柏拉图的《会饮》致力于探究爱欲。这位爱的古代哲人，他不但与莎士比亚一样忠于自然，而且还通过一个比戏剧更宽的光谱来表述爱欲，并对其意义作了一番更为贴切的理性论述。他不但把爱欲呈现为一个表明我们自身不完满的痛苦而贫乏的信号，他还把它呈现为是一个给予的、创造性的信号。他探索了“爱自己”与“爱美好事物”间的张力，“爱欲对家庭的从属”与“爱欲所暗示的自由”间的张力。在爱欲里，他看到了同时达成个体幸福与真正人类共同体的可能性。

168 pages, Hardcover

Published March 1, 2017

About the author

Allan David Bloom was an American philosopher, essayist and academic. Bloom championed the idea of 'Great Books' education, as did his mentor Leo Strauss. Bloom became famous for his criticism of contemporary American higher education, with his views being expressed in his bestselling 1987 book, The Closing of the American Mind.

Reviews

[鴻標 劉 · Rating 5 out of 5]

豆瓣第一次碰到滿分書。可惜我不瞭解柏拉圖。讀完施派讀《柏拉圖全集》，迴歸古典哲學。