Symposium
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Of all the works of Plato the Symposium is the most perfect in form, and may be truly thought to contain more than any commentator has ever dreamed of; or, as Goethe said of one of his own writings, more than the author himself knew. For in philosophy as in prophecy glimpses of the future may often be conveyed in words which could hardly have been understood or interpreted at the time when they were uttered (compare …
Details
- AuthorPlato
- SourceProject Gutenberg #1600
- Length32,433 words
- Chapters3
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-21
Contents
3 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01Translated by Benjamin Jowett
- 02SYMPOSIUM
- 03SCENE: The House of Agathon.
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