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SUMMARY:The Symposium: Socrates in the Porch- an open session in Manchester
DESCRIPTION:The Symposium is one of Plato’s most influential dialogues: 
 its seven speeches made in praise of Love (Eros) during the festival of Di
 onysus take the reader through a series of deepening insights into the pow
 er which draws us to the great ocean of divine beauty and\, ultimately\, i
 ts source which works a magical transformation on the soul. But well befor
 e the speeches begin we have a curious episode that may be worth consideri
 ng\, since it is easy to pass it by without too much attention. The teller
  of the tale of the symposium says that when walking to  the party with S
 ocrates\, his companion fell into a quiet state of meditation in a nearby 
 porch and\, refusing to come into the hosts house until he had finished\, 
 he therefore arrive late to the gathering. What does Plato mean the reader
  to take from this seemingly unimportant aside?\n\nThe session is an oppor
 tunity to explore it and perhaps see it as a very important moment in the 
 path of Eros\, that all philosophically-minded seekers must take.\n\nThis 
 event is free but donations are encouraged\, circumstances allowing. We’
 ll start the session at 6.30pm: tea/coffee and cake will be available just
  beforehand. No need to book. Please download here a PDF of the paper we
 ’ll be using: Socrates in the Porch\n\nThese evenings include short talk
 s and/or readings from Platonic writings – but we hope they will be genu
 inely interactive\, with all participants invited to contribute to our col
 laborative search for truth. No previous experience of formal philosophy 
 is required. Every effort is made to make these type of evenings accessibl
 e to the newcomer\, while allowing the great profundity of the Platonic tr
 adition to step forward and speak to us at whatever level our present unde
 rstanding sits.
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