{"product_id":"symposium-the","title":"Symposium, The","description":"''Perhaps the most entertaining work of philosophy ever written ... the first really systematic and serious attempt to say what love is'' John Armstrong, Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated with an Introduction by Christopher Gill","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33005336035428,"sku":"9780140449273","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0048\/8207\/1652\/files\/9780140449273_1-symposium-the.jpg?v=1759555052","url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/symposium-the","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}