Professor of Philosophy Martin Peterson, Ph.D., gave an independent lecture on Plato’s “Symposium” and addressed concepts of ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) It was probably inevitable, but is deeply sad, that Plato's Symposium (circa 380 BCE), has been drawn into the culture wars. A dialogue of great complexity and elegance, the ...

Texas A&M University, earlier this month, banned a philosophy professor from teaching about Plato’s Symposium because it’s too gay (well, in their words, for discussing “gender ideology”), and, while ...

When we use the word “Eros” today, we often invoke assumptions shaped more by psychoanalysis than by the ancient Greek god of love. Psychoanalytic thinkers have long been drawn to Plato’s Symposium.

I recently had occasion to return to Plato’s highly influential dialogue, Symposium, in relation to Sigmund Freud’s interpretation of it in his work. I was struck by another connection – that between ...

Shahidha Bari discusses the LGBTQ movement in the history of philosophy as part of the BBC's Queer Icons series. Plus the winner of the 2017 Caine Prize for African Writing. Show more Shahidha Bari ...

It was probably inevitable, but is deeply sad, that Plato’s Symposium (circa 380 BCE), has been drawn into the culture wars. A dialogue of great complexity and elegance, the book is one of the ...

Shahidha Bari discusses LGBTQ in the history of philosophy as part of the BBC's Queer Icons series, and talks to the winner of this year's Caine Prize for African writing Shahidha Bari discusses LGBTQ ...