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A review by casparb
The Symposium by Plato
4.0
101st book!
anyway this is a pretty fun dialogue. Works well with Phaedrus - who is present. Socrates says what is love and things kind of roll from there.
It's The Gayest I've read from Plato. There's also some interesting talk of a third sex - 'neither man nor woman'. All sorts going on. So it's a busy text! Makes a good read too. It's neither dull nor brain-in-knots metaphysical (Parmenides). Socrates isn't completely insufferable here either. Good time. Might be a decent intro to Plato? They all are, save Parme.
anyway this is a pretty fun dialogue. Works well with Phaedrus - who is present. Socrates says what is love and things kind of roll from there.
It's The Gayest I've read from Plato. There's also some interesting talk of a third sex - 'neither man nor woman'. All sorts going on. So it's a busy text! Makes a good read too. It's neither dull nor brain-in-knots metaphysical (Parmenides). Socrates isn't completely insufferable here either. Good time. Might be a decent intro to Plato? They all are, save Parme.