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The Symposium by Plato

ISBN: 9780140449273 PUBLISHER: Penguin Books Ltd FORMAT: Paperback PAGES: 144 PUBLICATION DATE: 27.02.2003 DIMENSIONS: 198mmX129mmX8mm 112grams

DESCRIPTION: 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, a motive for social action and as a means of ethical education.

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