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Love is examined in a sequence of speeches by men attending a symposium, or drinking party. 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. For a list of titles published in the series, please see end of book. A fascinating discussion on sex, gender, and human instincts by one of historys greatest philosophers. Download platos symposium for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc or mobile. Download the symposium of plato 1909 free pdf ebook. Image of anselm feuerbachs painting of platos symposium courtesy of, and in the public domain. The first edition of this novel was published in 385, and was written by plato. Plato s symposium greek text with facing vocabulary and commentary. Some versions also available in bound paperback at juan and maria are students of pierre grimes and members of the noetic society.
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