I feel guilty; I don't particularly like Plato. There are some interesting aspects to Symposium, such as the nature of oral storytelling, and Aristophanes' origin of love story (which I have a soft spot for from repeat viewings of Hedwig and the Angry Inch), however, the prose is basic, and the concepts not particularly interesting to me. They're also just about beaten to death, which I cannot blame Plato for, but that fact did seriously affect my enjoyment of the book.
2/5
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