In Plato's Symposium there are three major speeches given by Aristophanes, Socrates and Alcibiades, where each portrays a different aspect of human sexuality and love. ... This attack on the gods is what eventually led to the condition that humans have constantly been in since, as Plato tells us; The gods didn't see how they could kill them, wiping out the human race with thunderbolts as they"d done with the giants; if they did that the honours and sacrifices the gods received from them would disappear. ... Plato then tells us that the human longing for its other half resulted fro...

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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...

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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 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. ...

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