{"product_id":"9781139540285","title":"Plato's Erotic World: From Cosmic Origins to Human Death","description":"Plato's entire fictive world is permeated with philosophical concern for Eros, well beyond the so-called erotic dialogues. Several metaphysical, epistemological and cosmological conversations - Timaeus, Cratylus, Parmenides, Theaetetus and Phaedo - demonstrate that Eros lies at the root of the human condition and that properly guided Eros is the essence of a life well lived. This book presents a holistic vision of Eros, beginning with the presence of Eros at the origin of the cosmos and the human soul, surveying four types of human self-cultivation aimed at good guidance of Eros and concluding with human death as a return to our origins. The book challenges conventional wisdom regarding the 'erotic dialogues' and demonstrates that Plato's world is erotic from beginning to end: the human soul is primordially erotic and the well-cultivated erotic soul can best remember and return to its origins, its lifelong erotic desire.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120316629232,"sku":"9781139540285","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781139540285_p0.jpg?v=1763700302","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781139540285","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}