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HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics. He whom Love touches not walks in darkness. At an elite Athenian drinking party in 416 BCE, a group of friends take their turn to speak in praise of Eros, god of love. At this...
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HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.
He whom Love touches not walks in darkness.
At an elite Athenian drinking party in 416 BCE, a group of friends take their turn to speak in praise of Eros, god of love. At this symposium the guests, including statesmen, playwrights, poets, and Plato’s teacher, the famed philosopher Socrates, discuss love’s role in beauty, virtue, immortality, and shaping the world they live in.
Plato’s deft retelling weaves together myth, drama, and philosophy in search of a deeper understanding of love. Held up as an example of the Socratic Method, central to the development of western thought, teaching, and debate, The Symposium went on to shape philosophy for centuries to come.
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ISBN: 9780008663896
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 11 September 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: William Collins
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 7.0mm
Width: 111.0mm
Height: 178.0mm
Weight: 60g
Pages: 112
About the Author
One of the most influential and renowned Green philosophers, Plato wrote on topics spanning politics, mathematics, aesthetics and ethics. A student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle, Plato founded the Academy in Athens, which is considered the Western world's first institution of higher learning.
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