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The Symposium

The Symposium

By Plato

Paperback | ISBN 9780140449273

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In the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on eros, or desire. From their conversation emerge a series of subtle reflections on gender roles, sex in society and the sublimation of basic human instincts. The discussion culminates in a radical challenge to conventional views by Plato's mentor, Socrates, who advocates transcendence through spiritual love. The Symposium is a deft interweaving of different viewpoints and ideas about the nature of love - as a response to beauty, a cosmic force, a motive for social action and as a means of ethical education.

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Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140449273
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages: 144
Width (mm): 129
Height (mm): 197
Depth (mm): 8

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