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The Symposium

Plato

Form
Form Philosophy
Year
Year 385 BCE
Originally in
Originally in Ancient Greek
Pages
Pages 50

At a drunken Athenian dinner party, each guest makes a speech in praise of love, climbing from beautiful bodies toward beauty itself, until a drunk gatecrasher praises a person instead.

the desire and pursuit of the whole is called love
The Symposium, Plato

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