• The title is "Symposium" Diotimas view on reproduction , love, the nature of eros, and beauty

     

    Essays2 Philisophy

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Published: 05.11.2002.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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  • Essays 'The title is "Symposium" Diotimas view on reproduction , love, the nature of ero', 1.
  • Essays 'The title is "Symposium" Diotimas view on reproduction , love, the nature of ero', 2.
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Eros, possibly one of the most difficult words for man to define, is cleverly studied in Plato's "Symposium". Philosophy is the most perfect form of love, in fact, since the philosopher is the lover of wisdom and wisdom is the most beautiful thing of all. The lover is intermediate between being beautiful and ugly: if he were ugly, he would have no appreciation of beauty. Diotima, in her speech, explains that while almost all kinds of desire can be considered to be Eros, is can be defined as the desire that exists between two human beings. In her speech, Diotima discussed Eros in terms of…

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