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Symposium

Symposium

Plato · 385 BC
7 chapters · Original text
Public domain · Project Gutenberg
Chapters
1
Phaedrus's Speech — Love as the Eldest God
~17 min
2
Pausanias's Speech — Common and Heavenly Love
~12 min
3
Eryximachus's Speech — Love in Nature and Art
~7 min
4
Aristophanes's Speech — The Myth of the Other Half
~12 min
5
Agathon's Speech — Love as the Fairest God
~10 min
6
Socrates's Speech — The Ladder of Beauty
~33 min
7
Alcibiades's Speech — In Praise of Socrates
~19 min
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