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The Symposium

by Plato
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The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, this series is ideal for those readers who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped our world.

Plato's retelling of the discourses between Socrates and his friends on such subjects as love and desire, truth and illusion, spiritual transcendence and the qualities of a good ruler, profoundly affected the ways in which we view human relationships, society and leadership—and shaped the whole tradition of Western philosophy.

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Series: Penguin Great Ideas Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Kindle Book

  • Release date: May 30, 2006

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  • ISBN: 9781101651490
  • Release date: May 30, 2006

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  • ISBN: 9781101651490
  • File size: 282 KB
  • Release date: May 30, 2006
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subjects

Literary Criticism Philosophy Nonfiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1440
Text Difficulty:12

The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, this series is ideal for those readers who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped our world.

Plato's retelling of the discourses between Socrates and his friends on such subjects as love and desire, truth and illusion, spiritual transcendence and the qualities of a good ruler, profoundly affected the ways in which we view human relationships, society and leadership—and shaped the whole tradition of Western philosophy.

Expand title description text
Literary Criticism Philosophy Nonfiction
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