{"product_id":"musings-on-platos-symposium-9781895131673","title":"Musings on Plato's Symposium","description":"\u003cp\u003eA guide to understanding love, and the love of understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMusings on Plato's\u003c\/em\u003e Symposium, Alex Priou offers a holistic interpretation of Plato's seminal work on love. An insightful commentary presented in short, aphoristic sections, the book is both a way into the depths of the dialogue for serious students, and a philosophical challenge for experts. Inspired by Plato's own mixture of the playful, prankish, flirtatious, outrageous, and beyond, the book is incisive and innovative in style and substance alike, and it rewards those who wish to approach the mysteries of Plato's \u003cem\u003eSymposium\u003c\/em\u003e and its ultimate subject: the meaning of love in its many forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlex Priou is Teaching Assistant Professor in the Herbst Program at the University of Colorado Boulder. He has written two other books on \u003cem\u003ePlato, Becoming Socrates\u003c\/em\u003e (2018) and \u003cem\u003eDefending Socrates\u003c\/em\u003e (2023), in addition to a number of articles on the history of philosophy. He is also the co-host of a podcast, \u003cem\u003eThe New Thinkery\u003c\/em\u003e, with his two friends, Greg McBrayer and David Bahr.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Political Animal Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911435489554,"sku":"9781895131673","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_919e8393-151b-49bb-89de-f8e0553a7d16.jpg?v=1738741541","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/musings-on-platos-symposium-9781895131673","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}