[Book Review] "Symposium" by Plato

・The Shincho Bunko edition uses different spellings for proper nouns and claims to be faithful to the original text.
・A symposium on love. It is a work praising Eros (the god of love). First, the sophists praise him, followed by Socrates.
・The truth that one seeks because one is unfulfilled. Therefore, the conclusion is reached that Eros is neither beautiful nor good. In that, a middle existence between good/beautiful and evil/ugly is hypothesized. That is a daimon (spirit).
・The back cover asks, "Why do men seek women, and women seek men?" butthe men in this book only talk about loving boys or being loved by boys.
・Like in "Phaedo", the premises presented are generally agreeable. However, the doubt remains that this is ultimately ancient Greece, and perhaps these are not universal human values.
　It is an extreme example, but like finding beauty in ugliness, such as in death metal. It seems they would say that is wrong. Personally, I like metal, but I am not fond of death metal.
・The idea of placing the value of the spirit above that of the body is the same.
・As expected, Socrates is written as a fine person in this book as well.
・While I am reminded of the various influences this book has had on the West, I also recall what was written in Yasuyuki Takahashi's "Greek Orthodoxy". It states, "Greece is not the direct origin of the West. It is a misconception that arose after the fall of the Western Roman Empire." This also needs to be verified.