The Symposium (Classics) (Classic Greek Books - The Symposium) (Focus Philosophical Library)

by Plato

Christopher Gill (Translator)

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A fascinating discussion on sex, gender, and human instincts, as relevant today as ever

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...Read more
  • ISBN10 0140449272
  • ISBN13 9780140449273
  • Publish Date 29 April 2003 (first published 1 January 1871)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 31 March 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
  • Imprint Penguin Classics