Symposium

Plato's dialogue on the nature of love, set at a banquet in ancient Athens where guests deliver speeches in praise of Eros. From Aristophanes' comic myth of split halves seeking reunion to Socrates'… Read more

Plato's dialogue on the nature of love, set at a banquet in ancient Athens where guests deliver speeches in praise of Eros. From Aristophanes' comic myth of split halves seeking reunion to Socrates' account of love as the ascent from physical beauty to the form of Beauty itself, the Symposium remains one of the most influential and enchanting works of Western philosophy. Show less