readings‚ my comprehension of love expanded via Plato’s Symposium. Similar to the Shiva Purana‚ some of the eulogies given in the text perpetuated males as the dominant gender. Furthermore‚ the text‚ especially Socrates eulogy‚ left me with several inquires. To begin‚ a parallel between the works is the concept of the importance of males and the dehumanization of females. For instance‚ in the Shiva Purana‚ although Shiva and Parvati were supposedly “in love‚” the only love prevalent was depicted in
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most beautiful things on this black earth‚ but I say it is whatever you love." Sappho obviously thought that beauty was something to be sought out‚ and she states here that love is the most beautiful thing of all. Sappho’s love is about beauty‚ desire‚ and sacrifice. She speaks of epic loves‚ gods and goddesses‚ and her own feelings. Throughout her poetry Sappho continues a theme of love and beauty. She clearly deems love to be just as‚ if not more‚ important than courage in battle‚ or even one’s
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PLATO 1. Plato’s parents were Ariston and Perictone‚ his older brothers were Adeimantus and Glaucon‚ and his younger sister was Potone. He came from a family that had long played an important part in Athenian politics. He was born from an aristoctratic and wealthy family. 2. Plato wrote mostly in the form of dialogue. His dialogues have been used to teach a range of subjects‚ including philosophy‚ logic‚ ethics‚ rhetoric‚ religion and mathematics. Plato absorbed the learning of his times‚ - Philolaus
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Shakespeare’s View on Love Shakespeare’s plays are very drastic with how he ties love into them. Shakespeare always adds comedy or tragedy to any romance that might be taking place. For example in Twelfth Night‚ As You like It and Romeo and Juliet there is romance but he also puts comedy in there so love is not that easy. In the play Othello he makes it into a tragedy which makes the love even harder to take place. Shakespeare has always found a way to make love as complicated as he can which
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The Accounts of Eros in the "Symposium" The word love carries with it many‚ many different interpretations. In modern day‚ our views on what is appropriate love is much different from the views from the time of Socrates and Plato. To them love was eros‚ a direct translation of the word love. However‚ the word itself wasn ’t the only thing that was different about love. In Plato ’s "Symposium"‚ there is a celebration for Agathon. He had just won a dramatic contest in Athens‚ Greece two nights ago
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Starting at 210a of The Symposium‚ Diotima speaks with Socrates about reaching the final vision of the mysteries. She starts talking about a young boy who is starting to be attracted to beautiful bodies. He first loves one body; and then‚ realizing that all bodies are relatively alike‚ he begins to love all beautiful bodies. After that‚ he comes to appreciate the beauty of minds‚ not caring anymore about physical attraction. After all stages‚ the boy will ultimately come to loving beauty itself and
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underworld in an attempt to save the woman that he loves dearly. During that era‚ Orpheus was an incredibly brilliant individual who enjoy playing his lyre‚ which‚ in turn‚ everyone loves the type of genre of his musical
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Tearra Daniel Philosophy 1030 Plato 2/20/2013 Plato was a well-known wrestler‚ and the name by which we know him today was his ring name. Plato means broad or flat: presumably in this case the former meaning‚ referring to his shoulder. At his birth in 429 B.C. Plato was given the name Aristocles. He was born in Athens‚ or on the island of Aegina‚ which lies just twelve miles offshores from Athens in the Saronic Gulf. Plato was born into one of the great political families of Athens. His
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written by Aristophanes redefined the competition bringing his own beliefs of society and ideologies to the forefront of his message with in the play. From the brilliant comical mind of Aristophanes themes‚ motifs and symbols play a crucial role as serving for the foundation of his message with in the play. The Clouds speaks to issues of Generational Gaps‚ New School and Old School thought‚ Just versus Unjust arguments‚ Think Tanks‚ and takes a strong stance for his conservative views so much in
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written by Aristophanes‚ one of the great writers of ancient Athens and one convincingly than any other author between c. 426 - 386 c. BC. This comedy was written in 423 BC and represent the contributed to the trial and also honored the philosopher as Socrates for the demagogue he use for educating people. In my opinion‚the problem of educating the youth with the moral norms of the traditional sound of cow takes place in comedy "The Clouds"‚ one of the most beautiful works of Aristophanes. In the
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