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Category Archives: Week 4: Platonic Love
SOcrates more like hypocrates
Eros is defined by Socrates as the desire for what one does not have, and what one wishes to hold on to forever. It would appear that through this definition of Eros, Socrates places a greater level of importance upon … Continue reading
Platonic Love is Extremely Underrated
Many people are familiar with the scenario of their best friend entering a romantic relationship, and distancing from friends in order to spend time with their significant other. In our society, romantic/sexual relationships and childbirth are held on a … Continue reading
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Relationships and Immortality
In Plato’s Symposium, Socrates details what Eros truly is. People desire what they do not have, or in other words, they want permanent possession of it. Furthermore, he goes on to say that it is human nature to reproduce because … Continue reading
The Ladder of Love
In Plato’s Symposium, Socrates delivers a speech where he describes and defines what Eros is. In his speech, he introduces a character Diotima, a woman who educates Socrates on the ladder of love. According to Socrates, “love is the desire … Continue reading
Becoming Immortalized
During Socrates’ speech about the meaning of Eros in Plato’s Symposium, he constantly brings up the idea of humans wishing to leave their mark on the world and therefore, to be immortalized. He discusses and contrasts two different ways humans … Continue reading
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Ahead Of Their Time
Plato’s Symposium offers a look at the ancient Greeks’ views on sexuality in an almost contemporary manner. One can say that the Greeks were ahead of their time, at least when it came to philosophical ideas regarding sexuality. The first … Continue reading
Just Ask, Just Tell
In Plato’s dialogue about a dinner party, Symposium, he recounts the stories told by the men who attended. While Plato did not attend the party, he obtained the knowledge from Apollodorus who heard the stories from Aristodemus, a man that … Continue reading
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Common Eros vs Heavenly Eros
Throughout Agathon’s discourse, he mentioned Pausanias’ speech describing the god Eros. During Pausanias’ speech, he discussed about the two different Eros that exist: Common Eros and Heavenly Eros. Pausanias is able to distinguish both by the exotic thoughts and actions … Continue reading
