Plato's Symposium provides us with many different views and theories about Love. ... One of the memorable speeches is the Speech of Aristophanes. ... Aristophanes contradicts his peers with the speech by treating heterosexuality at the same level as homosexuality, arguing that both are predestined. ... It is reasonably useful to understand from Aristophanes speech mans true motives. ...

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In the beginning, according to Aristophanies, there were three types of people instead of the two we know today. The male were the offspring of the sun, while females were born from the earth and androgynous were the progeny of the moon. These three gender did not embody the physical characteristi...

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