The GreeksPlato

Plato: Symposium and Phaedrus

Speeches at a dinner party on love, climbing from love of one person to love of beauty itself.

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Volume
6 of the 1990 set
Author
Plato (c. 428–348 BC)
Work
Symposium and Phaedrus c. 385–370 BC

Ideas: Friendship and love Beauty and art The soul

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A note for parents: The guests talk about love in the customs of ancient Athens; for families, focus on Diotima's ladder of beauty.

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