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Platos symposium greek and latin texts with facing. It depicts a friendly contest of extemporaneous speeches given by a group of notable men attending a banquet. But in the phaedrus and symposium love and philosophy join hands, and one is an aspect of the other. My first foray into plato and a good place to start an easy going quick read book. Symposium dont you know that there is a state of mind halfway between wisdom and ignorance. The opening pages of the symposium are considered the best description in any ancient greek source of the ramifications of an oral tradition. Allen supplements his translation with a commentary that not only enriches our understanding of platos philosophy and the world of greek antiquity but also provides insights into presentday philosophical concerns. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
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The greek word sumposion means a drinking party a fact shamefully ignored by the organizers of modern symposia, and the party described in platos symposium is one supposedly given in the year 416 bc by the playwright agathon to celebrate his victory i. Of the greek authors who at the renaissance brought a new. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system. Anselm feuerbach, the symposium second version, 1873. Pdf plato s symposium download full pdf book download. On one level the book deals with the genealogy, nature and purpose of love, on another level the book deals with the topic of knowledge.
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