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The Symposium

The Symposium

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  • Release Date: 27/02/2003
  • Barcode: 9780140449273
  • Genre: Non-Fiction
  • Sub-Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House
The Symposium

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 emerge a series of subtle reflections on gender roles, sex in society and the sublimation of basic human instincts.

'Perhaps the most entertaining work of philosophy ever written . the first really systematic and serious attempt to say what love is' John Armstrong, Guardian

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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  • Contributor: Christopher Gill (Introduction by), Christopher Gill (Translated by), Christopher Gill (Notes by)
  • Translator: Christopher Gill
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