'Perhaps the most entertaining work of philosophy ever written...the first really systematic and serious attempt to say what love is'John Armstrong,GuardianIn 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
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780140449273Number of pages: 144Weight: 112 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 8 mm
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