{"product_id":"9780140449273","title":"The Symposium","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Plato, Gill, Christopher, Gill, Christopher \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWestern philosophy: Ancient, to c 500\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 27 February 2003 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 144 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 128 x 9 | 112g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Perhaps the most entertaining work of philosophy ever written ... the first really systematic and serious attempt to say what love is' John Armstrong, GuardianIn the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on eros, or desire. From their conversation emerges a series of subtle reflections on gender roles, sex in society and the sublimation of basic human instincts. The discussion culminates in a radical challenge to conventional views by Plato's mentor, Socrates, who advocates transcendence through spiritual love. The Symposium is a deft interweaving of different viewpoints and ideas about the nature of love - as a response to beauty, a cosmic force or a path to goodness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated with an Introduction by Christopher Gill\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Mold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183237677354,"sku":"9780140449273","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/7802\/3522\/files\/9780140449273_41689918-08ca-4eda-89d3-f3cf4f8ff91b.jpg?v=1773927035","url":"https:\/\/www.mold-bookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780140449273","provider":"The Bookshop. Mold.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}