Symposium

Plato

• Essays
• Book language: English
• 75 pages

Symposium is Plato's philosophical dialogue in which guests at a banquet each give a speech about love. Through Socrates and the priestess Diotima, the discussion moves from desire to beauty and wisdom. It rewards listeners with lively characters and a reasoned inquiry into what love can lead us toward.

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