How is it the same or different from philia

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Reading: Plato's Symposium

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The Symposium The Introductory Dialogue & Phaedrus' Speech
Introduction to the Symposium

1. What is a symposium? What does this word mean?

2. The Symposium is a depicted dialogue between a number of male participants on the theme of Eros or love. First as per the book's introduction, what is "Eros" and what are the different meanings of this word?

3. Given what you have learned about Eros, how is it the same or different from "philia"?

4. The structure of the Symposium consists of two groups of three speeches on Eros. The first speeches are given by Phaedrus, Pausanias and Eryximachus, and the second by Aristophanes, Agathon, and Socrates.

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