Con su entorno festivo, en fecunda conjuncion de vino y discurso, de juego y mesurada seriedad, el Banquete, una de las mas bellas piezas filosoficas de la antigüedad clasica, y de las mas influyentes en la filosofia y literatura de todos los tiempos, nos habla de la concepcion que Platon tenia del amor en relacion con la filosofia, pero tambien con la felicidad que este especial modo del saber ofrece a quienes buscan, sin plenitud de los dioses pero con innata vocacion de eternidad, trascender el limite de la muerte. El impulso erotico, comun a bestias y humanos, atraviesa todo lo viviente y enlaza de hecho, en un todo armonioso, lo divino con lo mortal.

this may be where the term 'Platonic relationship' came from being that Socrate's and his old rich attractive Greek buddies love to sit around and talk but not fuck because they know beauty is not especially the opposite of being ugly but it seeks something that the other doesn't have. or is that love? oh love, the talk-about or symposium as it was once called, really shows that love is in the eye of the beholder but Socrates is a man to be loved. I like the hom0-yet-no-homo vibe of it all because I too enjoy the company of men yet strictly in a conversational way although I can apperciate their beauty too. This is as important to the feminine movement as 'The City of Ladies is' for the...what should we call it...androgynous movement? grand!
it made me feel like i've never been born and I was having a re-birth while reading it.
I'm now androgy thanks to Plato and crew!!! ( )

This is the first book I've read by Plato, and I really enjoyed it. I had to read it for my English class, and I was really surprised at how funny it was. It also gave great insight on the meaning of love and its merits. ( )

Symposium treats us to various philosophies of Love, which are put forward after a dinner party. The final and authoritative speach on the subject is given by Socrates. Plato manages to fit a bit of humor and discrete mockery in too, which makes it all the more entertaining. Translation by Hamilton. ( )

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