About this title: The Symposium is a complex piece which is perhaps as widely read as any of Plato's works apart from the Republic. However the existing standard commentaries in English do not offer much by way of help to any reader except the classicist who knows Greek; and they also tend to be light on the dialogue as a work of philosophy. This new edition aims ...
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, New York
Date Published: 1951
ISBN-13:9780140440249ISBN:0140440240
Description: Fair. The scene is a dinner party for the literati of Athens, the action a series of speaches by the guests. 121 pp. Cover shelf worn, creased, and edges frayed. Pages have underlinings and comments in blue ink through out. Pages crisp and tight. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1952
ISBN-13:9780140440249ISBN:0140440240
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. -, Mass Market PaperBack, Very Good / read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"Ah, I absolutely love the idea that we're pursuing our other half which we were at first split from, and that love is the child of resourcefulness and poverty. Plato's Symposium is an honest & inspiring book on the theories of love."
"I feel guilty; I don't particularly like Plato. There are some interesting aspects to Symposium, such as the nature of oral storytelling, and Aristophanes' origin of love story (which I have a soft spot for from repeat viewings of Hedwig and the Angry Inch), however, the prose is basic, and the concepts not particularly interesting to me. They're also just about beaten to death, which I cannot blame Plato for, but that fact did seriously affect my enjoyment of the book."
"The writings of Plato can be quite an inspiration to anyone's life. While other ordinary books suggest a hazy picture of a philosophy, Plato delineates a detailed image of the simpleste things we view and feel in life."
"An interesting insight into the nature of love. Plato asserts that love is actually the desire to retain good things forever. You can do this in two ways, leaving behind children or leaving a legacy of great truth and philosophy. Love that gives birth to children is the lesser love, and the love that gives birth to truth is the higher love. Plato does not believe the body is an essential part to understanding truth, neither does he think that children can take our knowledge and add to it with their own. Thus through children is our truth not only everlasting, but increasing in its nature forever."
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