ضیافت افلاطون به نزد لئو اشتراوس

by Leo Strauss, Seth Benardete (Editor), ایرج آذرفزا (Translator)

"The first major piece of unpublished work by Leo Strauss to appear in more than thirty years, Leo Strauss On Plato's "Symposium" offers the public the unprecedented experience of encountering this renowned scholar as his students did. Given as a course in autumn 1959 under the title "Plato's Political Philosophy," at the University of Chicago, these transcripts previously had circulated in samizdat fashion, passed down from one generation of students to the next. They show Strauss at his best, in his subtle and sometimes indirect style of analysis, which has attracted almost as much commentary as has the content of his thought." "Strauss presents a coherent and complete interpretation of the Symposium, proceeding by a meticulous reading from beginning to end. Operating on the once common hypothesis that commentary is an excellent method of expounding the truth, Strauss sheds light not only on the meaning of the dialogue and its place in the Platonic corpus, but also on a host of important topics, including the nature of eros and its place in the overall economy of human life; the perennial quarrel between poetry and philosophy, and the relation of both to piety, politics, and morality; the character of Socrates and the questions of his trial; and many other matters." As provocative as they were a half century ago, these important lectures will be welcomed by students of classics, philosophy, politics, psychology, and political philosophy.

Genres: Philosophy, Love

465 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Leo Strauss was a 20th century German-American scholar of political philosophy. Born in Germany to Jewish parents, Strauss later emigrated from Germany to the United States. He spent much of his career as a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, where he taught several generations of students and published fifteen books.
Trained in the neo-Kantian tradition with Ernst Cassirer and immersed in the work of the phenomenologists Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger, Strauss authored books on Baruch Spinoza and Thomas Hobbes, and articles on Maimonides and Al-Farabi. In the late 1930s, his research focused on the texts of Plato and Aristotle, retracing their interpretation through medieval Islamic and Jewish philosophy, and encouraging the application of those ideas to contemporary political theory.

Reviews

[Amir · Rating 5 out of 5]

میگن چون ما تفسیر های خوب ندیدیم با تفسیر لئواشتراوس از افلاطون هیجان زده می شیم. خب اینکه ما تفسیر های خوبی در زبان فارسی در اختیار نداریم درسته. اما شرح اشترواس از ضیافت شگفت انگیزه...نه صرفا برای فهمیدن ضیافت، بلکه به نظرم برای فهمیدن معنای "دقیق خواندن یک متن" از این اثر اشترواس غافل نشید.


پی‌نوشت: باید کلاه به احترام مترجم این اثر از سر برداشت. مشخصه که مترجم به زبان یونانی و فلسفه افلاطون هم تسلط قابل قبولی داشته.

[Popebrak · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was my introduction to Leo Strauss, picked up on a whim at a used book shop in Seattle's University District. I was immediately struck by the depth of knowledge Strauss brought to his analysis - speaking of Athenian topics in strictly Athenian terms, with critical attention to the details of Athenian history and what we know of Athenian religious, political, and social practices. This was a most-refreshing change from most contemporary analysis of the Symposium, which seeks to contextualize the dialogue within late-20th century history and late-20th century religious, political, and social practices.

Highly recommended to all who seek wisdom without softness.

[Will Spohn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great insight into the Symposium. Excellent as always.

[Mind · Rating 4 out of 5]

نکتهٔ محوری در اندیشه اشتراوس این است که حقایق فلسفی زمانمند نیستند. یعنی سوالات بنیادین فلسفه در تمام زمان‌ها مشترک است. از همین منظر است که اشتراوس با تاریخی‌گرایی مخالفت می‌کند. دیدگاه تاریخی‌گرایی معتقد است بستر تاریخی که هر شخص در آن زندگی می‌کند شیوهٔ اندیشیدن او را تعیین می‌کند و از آنجا که گذشتگان در فضای تاریخی بسیار متفاوتی زندگی کرده‌اند امکان دستیابی به نظرات واقعی آن‌ها غیرممکن است.

[Abdulrahman Baj · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read half of it

[ppanicha · Rating 5 out of 5]

หนังสือเล่มนี้ท้าทายสมองผมครับ ผมใช้เวลาหลายปีกว่าจะสามารถอ่านรวดเดียวจบได้อาจเพราะ 1.ครั้งแรกที่อ่านผมยังเด็กมากและไม่สามารถทำความเข้าใจเนื้อหาอย่างถ่องแท้ทั้งหมด 2. ภาษาและสำนวนที่ไม่ง่ายเลยโดยเฉพาะกับเด็กชาวไทยภาษาง่อยแบบผม แม้ผมจะอ่านทั้งสองภาษาไทยและอังกฤษ และพบว่าเฉพาะหนังสือเล่มนี้ผมมีความสุขในการอ่านภาษาแม่มากกว่า.

หนังสือดีครับ การโต้เถียงที่มีเหตุผล มักนำมาซึ่งปัญญาเสมอ ไม่มีการโต้เถียงก็ไม่มีคำถาม ไม่มีคำถามแล้วก็จะไร้หนทางออก แต่การโตเถียงที่ใช้เหตุผลและความรู้ นำมาซึ่งความเป็นไปได้ในการหาคำตอบที่หลากหลายมากขึ้น หาอ่านกันนะครับ