柏拉圖對「愛」的反省力道深厚，至今在此論題上能與他堪比的思想家仍罕見。本課程將細讀兩篇他最為優美也最出名談論「愛欲」（erōs、ἔρως）的對話，即《會飲》（或譯《饗宴》）與《斐德若》篇。我們的目標在於盡可能精確地了解「愛」在柏拉圖哲學中所扮演的角色。

When it comes to the question, "what is love?" there are still only a handful of thinkers whose reflections rival Plato's in terms of depth and comprehensiveness. This class is a close reading of his two most beautiful and famous dialogues on love (Greek: erōs), the "Symposium" and the "Phaedrus." The main goal is to grasp, as precisely as possible, the role love plays in Plato's philosophy.