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Symposium
Symposium is a dialogue by Plato, likely composed between 385 and 370 BCE, in which several Athenian guests at a banquet deliver speeches on the nature of love (eros). The participants include historical figures such as Agathon, Aristophanes, and Socrates. Socrates's speech recounts teachings attributed to the priestess Diotima, describing an ascent from physical attraction to appreciation of abst...
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Phaedo
Phaedo is a dialogue by Plato that depicts the final hours of Socrates before his execution by hemlock poisoning in 399 BCE. Set in Socrates's prison cell, the dialogue presents four arguments for the immortality of the soul, including the theory of recollection and the concept of forms. The narrative is recounted by Phaedo, a student present at the scene, to the Pythagorean philosopher Echecrates...
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