... and women, such as Romeo and Juliet. Pausanias does, however, say, "But the love of young boys should be forbidden by law because their future is uncertain (Symposium, 23)." His morality is therefore not questioned. But his idea that the purest love is between man and man is absurd. This leaves only the speeches of Agathon and Socrates himself. Agathon's speech ... let every men follow, sweetly singing in his honor and joining in that sweet strain with which love charms the souls of gods and men (Symposium, 38). As expected from a master poet such as Agathon, the words are perfect and c...

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... for one man it was a way of life. Socrates is one of the greatest philosophers of all time. His life was a constant quest for excellence of being, wisdom and of morality of the soul. He believed that if one would live his life with a love of wisdom and excellence, instead of wealth and personal gain, that only then would one truly ... death. We can see how he views the State and the individual in Plato's Crito. The city and individual take on a parent and child relationship, or one of slave and master. One chooses to belong or reside in a state and in doing so one must devote oneself to...

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