In this paper I will discuss Aristophanes" speech on love found in Plato's Symposium. I will summarize his speech and explain the characteristics of love as Aristophanes thinks of it. I will also explain Aristophanes" definition of love, and whether or not love is an admirable or good thing. ... Soon after, the Gods noticed that these creatures began to die of self-neglect and hunger for they did nothing else but strive for this hopeless unification. ... Now, instead of laying their seed in the ground, they could lay their seed in one another. ...

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