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That which cleaves to what is ever the same far surpasses, he said. Does the essence of that which never abides the same partake of real essence any more than of knowledge? By no means. Or of truth and reality? Not of that, either.
Schleiermacher's Introductions to the Dialogues of Plato
Socratic dialogue is a genre of prose literary works developed in Greece at the turn of the fourth century BCE, preserved today in the dialogues of Plato and the Socratic works of Xenophon.
R. E. Allen's superb new translation of Plato's Symposium brings this classic text to life for modern readers.
Great Dialogues of Plato
The accountinthe Symposiumtells us the transcendental experience containsallforms—objects, knowledge, andtheheavens themselves. When we consider all of this, the most enchanting imagethat arises to express itisthe little mirror ...
Dialogues of Socrates
This book offers a new interpretation of Plato's early and middle dialogues as the expression of a unified philosophical vision.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This book begins with a concise and accessible introduction to Plato's symbolic schemes and the role of allegory in ancient times.