Takes up the question of beauty in three Platonic dialogues Hippias MajorSymposium and Phaedrus. This work shows that Plato ultimately gives up onthe possibilit... » 

Takes up the question of beauty in three Platonic dialogues Hippias MajorSymposium and Phaedrus. This work shows that Plato ultimately gives up onthe possibility of a definition. Exploring questions on love memory and idealform it draws out the connections between beauty the possibility ofphilosophy and philosophical living. «