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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
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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