If the object of love is to have the good forever, the function of love is "giving birth in beauty both in body and in mind." (206b) Diotima begins her explanation of how "all human beings are pregnant in body and in mind" (206c) by discussing the concrete, physical pregnancy of the body. ... Reproduction creates immortality because just as a man's body is constantly being renewed and he is still called the man, a man who grows old and leaves a new man in his place is also renewing himself (207d-208b). The shift to the abstract "pregnancy of the mind" hinges on the extension of this anal...

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As Jennifer walked toward the back of the room with a big smile on her face, a girl tripped her and all her books drop to the floor, everyone started to laugh. ... One day Jennifer walked past me and my friends ,John, my best friend, said to her "hey princess salvation army didn"t you take your freshmen picture with that shirt" and started to laugh, I didn"t think that was funny at all but I jus went along with everyone started to 1 Laugh, she had a huge smirk on her face and walked away, after school I went up to Jennifer and apologized for what John said to her, "No... ... Tha...

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When I went through depression over the death of my father, my friend Long helped me to go on with my life and stopped me from inflicting any more damage to my soul and body. ... Although they started as strangers in the beginning of the war, they ended becoming friends as they went to repetitive meetings about the war and to stop the world war from getting worse. ...

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It is possible to recognize the prominent relationships between Beckett's characters through the majority of his works; be it dramatic works, prose or poetry. Throughout these forms he creates seemingly hopeless and impossible circumstances for his characters, this applies to all relationships not explicitly to marital ones. However, I feel that it is important to explore the hopelessness and futility that is initially presented by Beckett through his characters focusing solely on those whom according to society, should be in "love". To focus completely on the bond and lawful co...

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The love feeling also affects sophisticated cognitive functions, such as mental representation, metaphors and body image. ... He believes that people fall in love when they are ready to change, or to start a new life. ...

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