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A review by daws_online
The Symposium by Plato
5.0
Banger. Sometimes surprisingly funny and a good thinker. Has ideas that are radical even for today that are weird to grapple with. Undeniably misogynist, but I think the dialogues are made in a way where you're supposed to note the points you can disagree and take issue with and continue the arguing into the real world, which makes them less just a manifesto or doctrine and more a starting point for further thinking down the line. Just like anybody else says, Aristophanes is the highlight, but the character of Socrates definitely shines if not his panegyric.