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 Plato.
 [Symposium. English]
Plato, the Symposium / edited by M. C. Howatson, Frisbee C. C. Sheffield ;
 translated by M. C. Howatson.
 p.  cm. – (Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy)
 Includes index.
 ISBN 978-0-521-86440-4 (hardback : alk. paper) – ISBN 978-0-521-68298-5
 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1.    Love. I. Howatson, M. C. II. Sheffield, Frisbee C. C. (Frisbee Candida Cheyenne)
 III. Title.
 B385.A5H69 2008
 184–dc22
 2007051668
ISBN 978-0-521-86440-4 hardback
ISBN 978-0-521-68298-5 paperback
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