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The Symposium
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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 emerges 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 or a path to goodness.
Translated with an Introduction by Christopher Gill
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Penguin Classics
Product details
- Paperback | 144 pages
- 129 x 198 x 8mm | 112g
- 01 May 2003
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Penguin Classics
- London, United Kingdom
- English
- Revised ed.
- 0140449272
- 9780140449273
- 17,936
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About Plato
Christopher Gill is Professor of Ancient Thought at the University of Exeter. He has written widely on ancient philosophy and literature.
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