Length1h 33m
About this audiobook
At Agathon’s house, a quiet feast becomes an argument about what love is, what it lacks, and what it asks of those who follow it.
This adaptation of Plato’s Symposium preserves the banquet, the speeches in praise of Love, Socrates’ questioning, Diotima’s ladder of beauty, and Alcibiades’ wounded praise of Socrates, while reshaping the dialogue into a clearer, more contemplative reading experience.
Wine, rivalry, desire, laughter, interruption, and dawn remain, but the focus stays on the movement of the conversation: the early praises of Love, the myth of divided bodies, the ascent toward beauty itself, and the strange force Socrates exerts on those around him.
With original chapter illustrations, this edition is designed for slower reading, quiet evenings, and readers seeking a more readable, atmospheric path into Plato’s philosophy of love.
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Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.2 (115.7K)
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GenrePhilosophy, Literary Classics
Length1 hr 33 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 6, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1 The House of Agathon
4Chapter 4 The Ladder of Beauty
2Chapter 2 The Laws of Love
5Chapter 5 The Doorway of Wine
3Chapter 3 The Body of Love
6Chapter 6 The Wound of Socrates
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