Download or read book Symposium (柏拉圖：饗宴篇) written by Plato and published by Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Symposium (Ancient Greek: Συμπόσιον) is a philosophical dialogue written by Plato sometime after 385 BC. It is a discussion on the nature of love, taking the form of a group of speeches, both satirical and serious, given by a group of men at a symposium or a wine drinking gathering at the house of the tragedian Agathon at Athens.