Throughout history Love has been a topic of conversation. Plato's Symposium provides us with many different views and theories about Love. Socrates and his intellectual partners discuss what Love is and twist it's meaning in every possible way. One of the memorable speeches is the Speech of Aristoph...
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 characteristics we associate with people today. Instead they had four legs and four arms and two faces on a rounded neck. This shape, while awkward, allowed them to move quickly by doing cartwheels and granted them incredible strength. ...
