In this paper I will discuss Aristophanes" speech on love found in Plato's Symposium. I will summarize his speech and explain the characteristics of love as Aristophanes thinks of it. I will also explain Aristophanes" definition of love, and whether or not love is an admirable ... other scientific findings regarding the origins of the human race, we cannot accept it. He does however touch on a very significant point that none of the other speakers in the Symposium have touched on. Aristophanes speaks of love and our innate social need to be with others as an attempt for unification into a wh...

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In Plato's Symposium there are three major speeches given by Aristophanes, Socrates and Alcibiades, where each portrays a different aspect of human sexuality and love. Aristophanes" speech is a fantastic representation of humans that were ... heaven to attack the gods, really refers to them (190b). This attack on the gods is what eventually led to the condition that humans have constantly been in since, as Plato tells us; The gods didn't see how they could kill them, wiping out the human race with thunderbolts as they"d done with the giants; if they did that the honours ... of them into two...

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