The Symposium (9780140449273)

'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

Product details

• Format Paperback | 144 pages
• Dimensions 134 x 199 x 9mm | 116g
• Publication date 01 May 2003
• Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
• Imprint Penguin Classics
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition Statement Revised ed.
• ISBN10 0140449272
• ISBN13 9780140449273
• Bestsellers rank 91,737

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