The Symposium works in a way The Republic doesn’t for me. Maybe its briefness played in its favour.
I disagree with most of their definitions for love (find Socrates’ cute, actually), but I do feel the vibe, so to speak. Bunch of drunkards, shouting monologues at each other…it’s nice, I don’t know.

Still, a cold and unbothered reading. I rate it similarly to the Republic because the latter had more range, but I’m surprised by how little impact Plato is having on me…