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

Date Submitted: 10/24/2004 02:22:22
Length: 6 pages (1646 words)
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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 …

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…felt to be true, but failed to capture Eros in its complete and unrefined state. Love is having goodness forever: immortality. Beauty is the means to this immortality. Reproduction is the creation of man's immortality and can only take place in the realm of beauty. Sexuality is one's drive to reproduce, both physically and mentally, to create either offspring or an amazing idea. Diotima is the wisest woman of all. Even Socrates wouldn't question that.

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