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Take a firm grasp of this point, then, said socrates. Image of anselm feuerbachs painting of plato s symposium courtesy of, and in the public domain. Symposium and phaedrus by plato, 9780486277981, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. An analysis of his doctrine on love in the symposium and phaedrus find, read and cite all the research you need on. Books by plato sorted by popularity project gutenberg. Sometimes it is not possible to find the cover corresponding to the book whose edition is published. Pdf on jun 22, 2001, ricardo henriquez and others published plato on love. A fascinating discussion on sex, gender, and human instincts, as relevant today as everin the. Enjoy these four amazing philosophical works that have stood the tes. Download now plato s symposium is an exceptionally multilayered dialogue. There are nearer approaches to modern metaphysics in the philebus and in the sophist. In his celebrated masterpiece, symposium, plato imagines a highsociety dinnerparty in athens in 416 bc at which the guests including the comic poet aristophanes a.
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