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Title: The place to start
Review: This was the first book I read on Symposium, and I was glad. Later when I wanted to know more I moved on to Rosen and Dover, but if all you want to do is read the Symposium with a commentary, this is the place to start. Allen gives you just enough detail to be enlightening, without swamping you. If you want to be swamped, read Rosen (not that being swamped is necessarily a bad thing). If you want to be entertained, read Allen.
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