Armand D'Angour's 2019 book reconstructing the early life of Socrates — arguing that his philosophical transformation was driven by his relationship with Aspasia of Miletus, the intellectual companion of Pericles, who taught him the philosophy of love.
Provides the first detailed biographical reconstruction of young Socrates — filling the gap in the historical record with textual evidence that Aspasia was both the model for Diotima in Plato's Symposium and the teacher who transformed Socrates from materialist to philosopher of love.
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