The word “love” covers so many aspects of human interaction. Yet we have all experienced it. Plato’s dialogue “The Symposium” is constructed as a conversation at a dinner party during which each guest has to speak about love as he sees it. The course will be a weekly discussion of each speech in turn. You are expected to keep up with the reading and join in the discussions. Required text: The Symposium (ed. Christopher Gill, Penguin Classics), available from Amazon.

Moderator: Michael Marchal has an AB in English from Xavier and an MA and PhD (cand.) from Fordham in Philosophy. He taught English and languages in high school for 44 years while also teaching philosophy part-time in area colleges. In retirement, he has enjoyed teaching mature people in OLLI. He has also written five books and numerous articles.