Abstraction of Love

Abstraction of Love In the symposium, Plato discusses the many strong meanings of love through the conversation of characters at a symposium, or dinner party, in which the guests take turns on stating their views on love. Before the discussions begin the guests eat and afterward they begin the conversation. Before the speeches are given there are a few statements regarding drinking alcohol. The guests say they shouldn’t drink heavily but in fact most …

…man there. At the end of the symposium everyone ends up drunk except for Socrates. Symposium is mainly a novel which depicts the many abstract meanings of loves really through the eyes of one man. Many times there are things said that you believe strongly in but later is changed or revised by another speaker which causes controversy and discussion among the speakers which gives the reader a better view on the abstraction of love.