Alkibiades' Love

Alkibiades, a central character in Plato''s Symposium, claims that philosophy touches him to the quick. When Socrates speaks, he''s often moved to tears and realizes he must change his life. In Alkibiades'' Love, Jan Zwicky demonstrates that this image of philosophy is not anachronistic, but remains the living heart of the discipline. Philosophy can indeed matter to our lives, but for it to do so,...