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What it's about
At a drinking party in Agathon's house, the guests take turns giving speeches in praise of Love: Aristophanes tells his story of split humans searching for their other halves, Socrates recounts what the priestess Diotima taught him, and a drunken Alcibiades bursts in to praise Socrates himself. In Jowett's translation.
Reading plan
Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.
Read together
Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.
Who it's for
- Anyone who has wondered what love is, and what it is for - Readers who want the liveliest and most literary of Plato's dialogues - Students tracing the origin of the phrase "Platonic love"
