Symposium by Plato

Symposium

Plato with Robin Waterfield (Translator)

149 pages first pub -380 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy informative reflective medium-paced
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'What is love?'In his celebrated masterpiece, Symposium, Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in 416 BC at which the guests—including the comic poet Aristophanes and, of course, Plato's mentor Socrates—each deliver a short speech i...

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reflective 85%
informative 55%
challenging 37%
funny 30%
inspiring 23%
lighthearted 15%
relaxing 7%
emotional 6%
hopeful 4%
adventurous 2%

Pace

medium 50%
slow 25%
fast 23%

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