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Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Eaglestones (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 900854
- Title
- The Symposium
- Author
- Plato
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Place of Publication
- UK.
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 4" X 7"
- Keywords
- Philosophy
- Bookseller catalogs
- PHILOSOPHY;