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aspiringorakle's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
I was not expecting this work to be as narrative and multifaceted as it was--it is not the typical Platonic dialogue. Of course, Diatoma's speech is the most fascinating, and her treatment of the form of Beauty and the ladder of love are deeply illuminating. One wonders if Plato understands the love of persons, or just the love of things--for the love of things in people will lead one up the ladder to love, but leave the persons behind in some sense. Or perhaps it is only that one should love reality in a different way than one loves persons. Alcibades' ending was very confusing within the broader context--I wasn't sure what purpose he served for the story. Finally, as always with these sorts of dialogues, the pederasty was abhorrent.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
l0v3r_girl's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
Quel 0,75 è dato dal cameo di Alcibiade che è un' icona. Molto inspiring e comprensibile (anche per qualcuno che come me non ci capisce niente)
augmentedch0rd's review against another edition
3.0
when i said i wanted to read more gay books this is not what i meant
anandazhu's review against another edition
4.0
my hot take: this would make a better valentine’s day gift than that collection of pablo neruda love poems or shakespearean sonnets they sell in bookstores at this time of year (absolutely no shade to neruda or shakespeare though)
isamalfliet's review against another edition
4.0
my favourite part is when alcibiades stumbles into the symposium drunk as fuck and gives an entire speech about how he was friendzoned by socrates