This active procreation, according to Aristophanes, is the source of our love for one another. ... Additionally, beneath the surface of his speech is the idea that love was made to tame eros and ensure that custom/law was not challenged. Eros poses the greatest threat to the law, but the pursuit of love tames it. It is important to remember that the soul is greater then the body, and while sex provides the method for two people to temporarily reunite there is something greater that makes two people want to be mended back together, and that is the love of the soul. ...

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