What Does Diotima Say About Love
Diotima Replies Once More That Not Everything Must Be One Thing or Its Opposite. Love Is Neither Mortal nor Immortal, but Is a Spirit, Which Falls Somewhere...
Diotima replies once more that not everything must be one thing or its opposite. Love is neither mortal nor immortal, but is a spirit, which falls somewhere between being a god and being human. Spirits, Diotima explains, serve as intermediaries between gods and humans.
What is Socrates idea of love?
Socrates states that, “Love is the conciousness of a need for a good not yet acquired or possessed.” In other words we want what we do not have, and at times cannot have. Love for Socrates is a superficial occurrence and only based on the things in life that seem to be pleasing to the eye.
What does Diotima teach Socrates?
In the Symposium, Plato says that Diotima taught Socrates “the art of love” — an ambiguous phrase. As she was teaching him this art, Socrates made the claim that love was a great and powerful god. Diotima challenged him. … Love, she argued, is neither immortal nor mortal, but somewhere in between.
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