The dramatic nature of Plato's dialogues is delightfully evident in Symposium. The marriage between character and thought bursts forth as the guests gather at Agathon's house to celebrate the success of his first tragedy. With wit and insight, they all present their ideas about love - from Erixymachus' scientific naturalism to Aristophanes' comic fantasy. The unexpected arrival of Alcibiades breaks the spell cast by Diotima's ethereal climb up the staircase of love to beauty itself. Ecstasy and intoxication clash as Plato concludes with one of his most skillful displays of dialectic.
Plato's Symposium
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The Complete Plato
The Republic
Laws
Summary of The Republic
Hippias Major : What Is Beauty? – Plato’s Dialogue on Aesthetics and the Search for Universal Truth
Gorgias : A Clash Between Rhetoric and Philosophy – Plato’s Dialogue on Power, Morality, and the Good Life
Euthydemus : Logic, Language, and the Absurd – Plato’s Satirical Dialogue on Sophistry and Education
Minos : What Is Law? – Plato’s Fragmentary Dialogue on Justice and Political Philosophy
Sophist : A Deep Inquiry into Falsehood, Language, and Reality – Plato’s Study of the Nature of Being
Laws : Plato’s Final Political Work – Justice, Government, and the Ideal Legal Order