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Symposium (World's Classics)

by Plato

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In his celebrated masterpiece, Symposium, Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in 416 BC. The guests--including the comic poet Aristophanes and Plato's mentor Socrates--each deliver a short speech in praise of love. The sequence of dazzling speeches culminates in Socrates' famous account of the views of Diotima, a prophetess who taught him that love is our means of trying to attain goodness, and a brilliant sketch of Socrates himself by a drunken Alcibiades, the most popular and notorious Athenian of the time. Engaging the reader on every page, this new translation conveys the power, humor, and pathos of Plato's creation and is complemented by full explanatory notes and an illuminating introduction.

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In his celebrated masterpiece, "Symposium", Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in 416 BC at which the guests include the comic poet Aristophanes and, of course, Plato's mentor Socrates. This translation is complemented by explanatory notes and an introduction.
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ISBN:
9780192834270
Translator:
Waterfield, Robin A.
Adapted:
Waterfield, Robin A.
Translator:
Waterfield, Robin A.
Author:
Plato
Author:
Waterfield, Robin
Author:
null, Robin
Adapted:
Waterfield, Robin A.
Author:
Waterfield, Robin A.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
Subject:
Interpersonal Relations
Subject:
Ancient
Subject:
Philosophers
Subject:
History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
Subject:
Philosophy | History | Ancient
Subject:
General Philosophy
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Oxford World's Classics
Publication Date:
19980709
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
160
Dimensions:
5 x 7.5 x 0.5 in 0.3 lb
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