{"product_id":"the-symposium","title":"The Symposium","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Perhaps the most entertaining work of philosophy ever written ... the first really systematic and serious attempt to say what love is' John Armstrong, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on eros, or desire. From their conversation emerges a series of subtle reflections on gender roles, sex in society and the sublimation of basic human instincts. The discussion culminates in a radical challenge to conventional views by Plato's mentor, Socrates, who advocates transcendence through spiritual love. \u003ci\u003eThe Symposium\u003c\/i\u003e is a deft interweaving of different viewpoints and ideas about the nature of love - as a response to beauty, a cosmic force or a path to goodness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated with an Introduction by Christopher Gill\r","brand":"Plato, Christopher Gill, Christopher Gill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44441794052332,"sku":"9780140449273","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780140449273.jpg?v=1720428803","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/the-symposium","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}