{"product_id":"the-symposium","title":"The Symposium","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fascinating discussion on sex, gender, and human instincts, as relevant today as ever\u003c\/b\u003e\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. \u003ci\u003eThe Symposium\u003c\/i\u003e is a deft interweaving of different viewpoints and ideas about the  nature of love—as a response to beauty, a cosmic force, a motive for  social action and as a means of ethical education.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.","brand":"Plato","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":51409320837336,"sku":"9780140449273","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2770\/5320\/files\/cover-9780140449273.jpg?v=1771619005","url":"https:\/\/destiil.com\/products\/the-symposium","provider":"De Stiil Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}