{"product_id":"the-symposium","title":"The Symposium","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Perhaps the most entertaining work of philosophy ever written ... the first really systematic and serious attempt to say what love is' John Armstrong, Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on eros, or desire. From their conversation emerges a series of subtle reflections on gender roles, sex in society and the sublimation of basic human instincts. The discussion culminates in a radical challenge to conventional views by Plato's mentor, Socrates, who advocates transcendence through spiritual love. The Symposium is a deft interweaving of different viewpoints and ideas about the nature of love - as a response to beauty, a cosmic force or a path to goodness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated with an Introduction by Christopher Gill\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45637337514163,"sku":"9780140449273","price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/61xvggMrOzL.jpg?v=1783076250","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-symposium","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}