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  1. Download: A 116k text-only version is available for download. Symposium. By Plato. Written 360 B.C.E. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Persons of the Dialogue. APOLLODORUS, who repeats to his companion the dialogue which he had heard from Aristodemus, and had already once narrated to Glaucon. PHAEDRUS.

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  2. Nov 7, 2008 · There is no criterion of the date of the Symposium, except that which is furnished by the allusion to the division of Arcadia after the destruction of Mantinea. This took place in the year B.C. 384, which is the forty-fourth year of Plato's life. The Symposium cannot therefore be regarded as a youthful work.

  3. Plato – Symposium (Full Text) | Genius. Symposium (Full Text) Plato. Track 1 on Symposium. This is one of Plato’s most known dialogues, dating back to around 380/385 BC. The text is concerned ...

  4. Jan 1, 1999 · Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger. Summary. "Symposium" by Plato is a philosophical dialogue written during the late 4th century BC. The work centers on a banquet at which prominent figures, including Socrates, Phaedrus, Aristophanes, and Alcibiades, take turns delivering speeches in praise of love, exploring the various dimensions and ...

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  5. Mar 30, 2022 · Symposium (Plato) sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons category, Wikidata item. is a philosophical text by Plato dated c. 385–370 BC. [1] [2] It depicts a friendly contest of extemporaneous speeches given by a group of notable men attending a banquet. English-language translations of el:Συμπόσιον include:

  6. THE SYMPOSIUM. NOTES. 9. 33. IISPLATO: SYMPOSIUM'Quite clearly, it means love of something.' 'Take a firm grasp of this point, then,' said Socrates, 'remembering also, though you may keep it to yourself for the moment, what it is. hat Love is love of. And now just tell me this: Docs Love desire the thing that he. s love of, or not ?'.

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  8. In his youth Plato wanted to become a playwright, but in his late teens or early twenties he heard Socrates teaching in the marketplace and decided to devote his life to philosophy. Plato continued to study under Socrates until the age of 28, when, in 399 B.C., the older philosopher was tried and executed for impiety.