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 | The Symposium (Penguin Classics) by Christopher Gill (Editor), Christopher John Gill (Introduction), Walter Hamilton (Translator), Gill Plato Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 1999 ISBN-10: 0-14-044616-8 / 0140446168 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044616-6 / 9780140446166 In this text Plato uses a dinner party as a scene for a series of speeches by the guests. From these there emerges a complete and complex philosophy of love. The pivot of the argument is Socrates' speech in which sensuality is transcended and we move from the sensible world to the ideal world. Just | |