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. ... Aristophanes" speech begins by explaining the nature of man and what has become of it. ... He does however touch on a very significant point that none of the other speakers in the Symposium have touched on. ... The other problem that surfaces in Aristophanes speech pertains to his notion that our soul yarns for a unification with its other counterpart. ...

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