Symposium

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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.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780140449273
Published: February 2003

Number of pages: 144
Width: 129 mm
Height: 197 mm
Depth: 8 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd