The Symposium by Plato

The Symposium

Plato

50 pages first pub 380 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy informative reflective medium-paced

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In his brilliant dialogue, Symposium, Plato presents an imaginary dinner-party set in Athens in 416 BC where the guests include Aristophanes, Socrates and the most popular Athenian of his day, golden boy Alcibiades. The sequence of dazzling speech...

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