Plato's 'Symposium': A Reader's Guide

✍ Scribed by Thomas L. Cooksey

Publisher: Continuum
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 181
Category: Library

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A concise, accessible and student-friendly introduction to a key text in Ancient Philosophy.

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