PLATO; EUGENE KARLIN [ILLUSTRATOR],.
Dialogues On Love and Friendship: Lysis, or Friendship; The Symposium; Phaedrus.
“At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet”: The Limited Editions Club Edition of Plato's Dialogues On Love and Friendship; signed by illustrator Eugene Karlin
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1968.
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The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Plato’s dialogues on love and friendship. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, with black and white illustrations. Boldly signed by illustrator Eugene Karlin on the colophon page at the rear. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 511. In fine condition. Translated from the Greek, with introductory analyses, by Benjamin Jowett. Preface by Whitney J. Oates. Illustrated by Eugene Karlin.
Plato’s 'Dialogues on Love and Friendship'—comprising Lysis, Symposium, and Phaedrus—offer a philosophical exploration of the nature, purpose, and transformative potential of human relationships. In Lysis, Plato raises fundamental questions about the essence of friendship, ultimately leaving the concept unresolved, thus inviting continued reflection on the basis of interpersonal bonds. The Symposium presents a series of speeches culminating in Socrates’ recounting of Diotima’s teaching, which elevates erotic love (eros) from physical desire to a philosophical longing for eternal truth and beauty. In Phaedrus, love is portrayed as a form of divine madness that, when rightly guided, leads the soul toward recollection of the Forms and a higher understanding of the self. Together, these dialogues construct a nuanced vision of love and friendship as ethical and metaphysical forces that can either enslave or liberate the soul, depending on their alignment with reason and the pursuit of the good.
Dialogues On Love and Friendship: Lysis, or Friendship; The Symposium; Phaedrus.
$850.00
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