1 Eros, or love, is the topic for discussion in Plato's Symposium. In a series of speeches, men debate the superlative meaning of eros the entire night. Socrates concludes the night by giving what is thought to ... , with a woman (Diotima), in which Diotima, not Socrates, gives meaning to the word and concept of eros. This is ironic because from the beginning of the Symposium it is made explicitly clear that women are not wise enough to know and discuss eros. This is the first speech that the opinion of a woman is taken into ... it "fills us with togetherness and drains all of our divisiven...

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... from the injuries caused by discrimination, and it forbids reinstatement of these laws and policies. (Strasser) Sexual orientation is not a new concept. Plato alluded to the acceptance of homosexuality when he described the effectiveness and power of the "pederasty" in Symposium, "If only there were a way to start a city or an army made up of lovers and the boys they love! Theirs ... would be the best possible system of society ." (Kaplan) Plato's statement accepts homosexuality as well as describing the homosexuals as having a quality that builds strong ... ...

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