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  The Symposium (Penguin Classics) (Paperback) By (author) Plato, Translated by Christopher Gill, Introduction by Christopher Gill

  

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  Short Description for The SymposiumIn 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.
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  • Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
  • Published: 01 May 2003
  • Format: Paperback 144 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Classics | Western Philosophy: Ancient, To C 500
  • ISBN 13: 9780140449273 ISBN 10: 0140449272
  • Sales rank: 13,382

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Full description for The Symposium

• 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. 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.