I read The Symposium - awesome!

A great example of the Socratic Method.

I read this book in the hopes of learning more about how Plato’s mind works. Despite its difficult grammar–eighty pages feels like an eternity–it is immensely sustaining for both, my brain and soul. It narrates the account of seven renowned, I hesitate to use the adjective ‘wise,’ individuals who attended a banquet and contributed to the encomiums of love one by one. It gives us a distinct perspective on the origins of love, in general, any sort of love, including love between people of the same sex. This dialogue, which delves into the meaning of love using rhetorical and poetical methods, is most likely the origin of platonic love, making it the oldest literature I’ve ever read as it was written by Plato in c. 385-370 BC. I feel compelled to place this review into the right translation version because each translator may interpret the text differently. This book would be ideal for anyone who enjoys Greek gods and goddesses.

EL BANQUETE: me encantó aunque no estoy de acuerdo con la mayoría de cosas expuestas skadhkas además me reí un rato con alguna intervención.
Anyways, el final es digno de un fanfic de ao3

good to have both in one tiny book

le banquet quel banger mais le Phèdre quelle purge putain

Socrates knows no more about love than you do BUT he will still gladly knock over your pretty sandcastles!

"I'm pretty much going to say whatever I need to say to get you to side with me that having an intimate relationship with a minor is okay....okay?"

Like mid-career Eddie Murphy, Socrates lived to provoke. Unlike late-career Eddie Murphy, he died for it, too.

Two intriguing dialogues of Plato that are certainly more entertaining than philosophical, Plato discusses the nature of friendship, truth, and love. Along with course jokes and forthright opinions on homosexuality, these two dialogues are a good source to have on your shelf to reference the less discussed ideas of Platonic thought.

Brent McCulley

incredible writing, really makes you think

El primer discurso raro en plan machista y el segundo se me ha hecho un poco chapa salvo el final.