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Symposium: Eros And The Philosopher
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(1) Explain how the true lover, according to the teachings of Diotima as recalled by Socrates in his Symposium speech, is like the philosopher in Socratic ignorance, as this notion is explained in the Apology. In your own words, explicate the "in-between" character of both Eros and the Philosophe ....
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.... who has reached the final step of Diotima's "Ladder of Love" ( 210A-212B) or has given birth to true virtue and nurtured it.
Eros, as said by Diotima, is the son of Poros and Penia. The story goes that the gods held a celebration for the birth of Aphrodite, Poros got drunk and went to the garden of Zeus to sleep. Penia came to the party begging as she normally does and saw that Poros was in a compromising position. She schemed up a plan to relieve her of her lack of resources: get a child fr.... |
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