The Symposium

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Product ID:	9780140449273
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	The Symposium
Authors:	Author: Plato, Christopher Gill
Page Count:	144
Subjects:	Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500
Description:	Select Guide Rating 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
Imprint Name:	Penguin Classics
Publisher Name:	Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2003-02-27

Weight	112 g
Dimensions	196 × 128 × 9 mm