Love as a Higher Form Love has always been a sensation that has both mystified and captured humanity. It is a unique emotion and‚ while it means something different to everybody‚ it remains to all a force that is‚ at its purest form‚ always one step above mankind. In love’s ability to exist differently from person to person‚ one can find love to be a conglomeration of different branches. It can be said that there are six such categories: Agape‚ a love which sets store on physical attraction
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Although the dictionary definition of love is “an intense feeling of deep affection”‚ everyone seems to have their own way of defining the word love based on their personal experiences. The characters in Symposium shared their personal thoughts on love in many different ways. Some of the speeches were thoughtful and intelligent‚ while others seemed to be more for entertainment purposes. Throughout the speeches‚ there was a sense of competition among the speakers. The best speech‚ however‚ came from
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Greek word‚ ’Eros’‚ translates into English as "Love". Love is generally viewed by society as an intense feeling of deep affection‚ however‚ love does not pertain to any one object or desire. Rather many various forms of love are believed to be in existence. Some of these more common forms entail romantic love‚ spiritual love‚ materialistic love‚ familial love‚ and sensual love‚ and many others. Within the Bernadete translation of the Plato’s Symposium‚ a gathering is held between the characters‚ where
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philosophical point made in Socrates’ speech in Plato’s Symposium is that Love is mainly a property shared between things; that Love itself is not beautiful‚ good‚ or anything else other than relation between those who desire and the things that they perceive to be good and beautiful. In my opinion however‚ the more important thing that the speech‚ which is really more of a cross-examination does‚ is take Agathon’s claim to know all there is to know about Love and lead him to admit that he doesn’t really know
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the party of which the entirety of the setting of the Symposium takes place. The party is being held to honor his victory in the drama competition that occurred the day prior. When it is Agathon’s turn to speak‚ he starts his speech by pointing out: “All the previous speakers seem to me have dwelt upon the happiness of humanity in being endowed by the god himself; no one has said what sort of being he is who has conferred these gifts.” (Symposium‚ lines 194e). Here Agathon is referring to the facts
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as described in Plato’s the Symposium‚ while the Neoplatonic self in Plotinus’s The Enneads and Marsilio Ficino’s speeches in Commentary on Plato’s Symposium on Love is a Christianization of this erotic soul. All three philosopher’s works‚ tie into love and the human soul‚ and the human search for beauty and goodness. Plato’s the Symposium is a narrative in which its character’s discuss love as it relates to the human soul. The love mainly discussed is an erotic love‚ in which the human self yearns
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The Symposium (c. 385-370 BCE) is widely regarded as one of Plato’s greatest philosophical and stylistic triumphs. The dialogue recounts a drinking party in the house of Agathon at which Socrates and a number of other prominent Athenian citizens deliver speeches in praise of Eros (Love). Our assigned section begins just after the end of Agathon’s speech‚ in which the young Sophist heaped lavish praise on Love for his youth and beauty. Socrates addresses the gathering and disputes Agathon’s account
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Plato’s Symposium‚ he tells a story of a dinner party that unfolded in Athens‚ at Agathon’s (The Poet) house‚ with guest such as (Socrates‚ Phaedrus‚ Aristophanes‚ etc) who was later ask to give a speech about what they thought Love is. After‚ everyone has spoken and at this point a little drunk‚ Socrates expresses‚ how most of us start to learn about love in a very immediate and physical way‚ by being powerfully attracted to a person’s face‚ and body‚ this would be called romantic/sexual love or the
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Two Types of Love in Plato’s Symposium I have always thought that there was only one type of love‚ which was that feeling of overwhelming liking to someone else. I am aware that Lust does exist and that it is separate from Love‚ being that the desire for someone’s body rather their mind. In Plato’s Symposium‚ Plato speaks of many different types of love‚ loves that can be taken as lust as well. He writes about seven different points of view on love coming from the speakers that attend the
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In the Symposium‚ one of Plato’s most popular texts; Agathon‚ a Greek poet‚ gathers a group of men together in celebration. As the drinking party‚ or the symposium draws on the subject of love ‚ it’s meaning and it’s state soon comes up. Agathon decides that each man in attendance is required to deliver an encomium‚ or speech on the topic. Each man gives his own he recount of what he believes is the true nature of love. The last man to speak before Socrates is the host himself‚ Agathon. He decides
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