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⭐One of the great masters of Socratic argumentation in the pursuit of the truth.

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⭐The Symposium probably compares with the Republic in the number of different it has been translated, even the Romantic Shelley translated it for his peers. It has also produced commentaries, or pastiches, such as Dante’s ‘Convivio’, and Ficino’s ‘De Amore’ – the English translation of which by Sears Jayne has long been out of print. Its subject is love, and consists essentially in a sequence of speeches at what is in effect a dinner-party, in praise of Love. Plato of course, gives the most significant speech to Socrates, who introduces the mysterious figure of Diotima; Diotima not only explains the differences between the heavenly and earthly Venus – to use Ficino’s terms, to Socrates, but the relationship between Love and Beauty, and also introduces the concept of the daemon or guide; we all have our own one that even accompanies the soul after death (cf. Phaedo). The Symposium, is of course not the only dialogue where Love comes under scrutiny, but the use of speeches does give Plato space to develop different perspectives. (For anthologists, there is the excellent ‘Plato on Love’, published by Hackett, which also includes a complete translation of the Symposium, but also extracts from other dialogues, and selections from the Laws and the Republic.)This edition is in the ‘Cambridge texts in the history of Philosophy’ so it is not aimed specifically at would-be Platonists, but rather those interested in the history of philosophy, so it would be useful at both A level (Philosophy) and at undergraduate level. The introduction is not overlong, and follows the tradition of commentary on each part of the text, in chronological order. There is a brief chronology of events from Solon to the death of Alexander, a further reading list, then the translation of the text itself – probably slightly less than half the book, which ends with two glossaries which demonstrate a little extra care in the production: one of Greek words; and the other of names (mentioned in the text). All in all, a very thoughtfully produced edition, which is very clear and accessible.

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