Seminar Materials
PHIL 380.02: The Self in Love and Friendship
Fall 2025
Michael Taber
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, USA

The materials for the seminar consist of two required books, as well as various articles and selections I will distribute, the sequence of which is listed on the course schedule page.

1. Symposium by Plato, translated by Nehamas & Woodruff, (2009, Hackett Publishing: 978-0-87220-076-0)
Please don’t mess this up by getting some other translation/pagination.

2. The Four Loves by C. S. Lewis (1960; reissue 2017 by HarperOne: pb 0062565397)

Some of the readings in the seminar schedule are links to New York Times or Washington Post articles, to which you can gain access at no additional charge because our library has worked out a deal with the NYT and with the Washington Post whereby all SMCM students, faculty, and staff can activate a subscription at no additional charge. (Your tuition $$ at work.)

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