... everywhere, and there will never be an end to their production. As Agathon himself says, " do we not know that he only of them whom love inspires has the light of fame? (Symposium, 37)" Love inspires people to do great things, and is the greatest source of pleasure there is. It is no great surprise to find that one of the greatest thinkers ... , even though Socrates is the only real philosopher in the group. The ideas these men put forward in describing the nature of something as powerful yet intangible as love are wonderful. The people in Plato's Symposium are truly great and wise men. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... it eluded us for so many generations. There has yet to be a one universal explanation of love and there has yet to be one who understands it's powers fully. As we see from Plato's Symposium, even the wisest of men in a time when the search for knowledge was seen as the pathway ... to enlightenment love was still a concept that was not understood and unknown. Though many of the guidelines and characteristics of love are wise, some may not apply to ... seems an invalid argument today. Soon Phaedrus concludes his oration and Pausanias steps up to deliver another set of guidelines for love....

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• Grade Level: High School