Pausanian Classification or Socratic Participation: Theologizing the Plurality of Erotic Praxis in Plato’s Symposium
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Pausanias on the Plurality of Erotic Praxis
2.1. Polytheism
2.1.1. Divinizing the Unpraiseworthy Eros
2.1.2. Dependencies between Divinities
2.1.3. Dividing Aphrodite
2.2. Plurality of Divinities Connected to a Plurality of Erotic Praxes
2.2.1. The Nature of the Connection between the Divinity and the Praxis It Inspires
2.2.2. The Gods and Their Followers
2.3. Ethical Relativism
The Role of Conventions
3. Socrates on the Plurality of Erotic Praxis
3.1. Specifying Eros: Eros as Personal and Permanent
3.1.1. Unitary Account
3.1.2. Personal and Permanent
3.2. Discussing the Plurality of the Practices of Desire
3.2.1. Plurality and Praxis
3.2.2. Being Together
4. Discussion
4.1. Doxology and Plurality
4.2. Divine Participation
4.3. Ethical Critique
4.4. Doxology as Mediation
5. Conclusions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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