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The Symposium
Plato · Classical · c. 385 BCE
Translated by Benjamin Jowett (1871)
11 chapters
A philosophical dialogue on the nature of Love (Eros) — speeches by Aristophanes, Socrates, and others.
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Contents
- 1The Frame: Apollodorus's Narrative
- 2The Speech of Phaedrus
- 3The Speech of Pausanias
- 4The Speech of Eryximachus
- 5The Speech of Aristophanes
- 6The Speech of Agathon
- 7The Speech of Socrates and Diotima's Teaching, Part 1
- 8The Speech of Socrates and Diotima's Teaching, Part 2
- 9The Speech of Socrates and Diotima's Teaching, Part 3
- 10The Arrival of Alcibiades, Part 1
- 11The Arrival of Alcibiades, Part 2
