The speech of Socrates points out that the highest purpose of Love is to become a Philosopher, or Lover of Wisdom. This architecture creates the space for Plato to build his philosophy of knowledge. Plato constructed the Symposium as a story within a story within a story. The topic of love is taken up in the form of a group of speeches, given by a group of men at a symposium or a wine drinking party at the house of the tragedian Agathon at Athens. I believe I have got the story you inquire of pretty well by. View of 'The Banquet (After Plato) Second Version' From same collection. Apollodorus tells his Companions how he heard about the Banquet. On one level the book deals with the genealogy, nature and purpose of love, on another level the book deals with the topic of knowledge, specifically how does one know what one knows. View of 'The Banquet (After Plato) Second Version' From same collection. The Symposium (Ancient Greek: Συμπόσιον) is a philosophical book written by Plato sometime after 385 BCE. Translated by Benjamin Jowett (1817 - 1893) Download cover art Download CD case insert The Symposium
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