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Agathon (centre) greeting guests in Plato's Symposium, oil on canvas by Anselm Feuerbach, 1869; in the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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First paragraph modernization. Feb 14, 2024
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Add new Web site: Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Richard Avenarius. Nov 02, 2021
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