The Symposium
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But he did say in his dialogue, The Symposium, that it's through love that we come to understand concepts.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2018
Among the most tantalising of the playwrights whose work has disappeared is Agathon – who appears as a character in both Plato’s philosophical dialogue The Symposium and Aristophanes’s comedy Thesmophoriazusae.
From The Guardian • Nov. 10, 2016
"The Symposium will hopefully coalesce these ongoing but somewhat disjointed efforts towards amphibious capability."
From Reuters • May 20, 2015
The Symposium of Xenophon, in which Socrates describes himself as a pander, and also discourses of the difference between sensual and sentimental love, likewise offers several interesting points of comparison.
From Symposium by Jowett, Benjamin
The Symposium of Xenophon, if written by him at all, would certainly show that he wrote against Plato, and was acquainted with his works.
From Symposium by Jowett, Benjamin
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