(Symposium, 37)" Love inspires people to do great things, and is the greatest source of pleasure there is. ... The people in Plato's Symposium are truly great and wise men. ... (Symposium, 20)" The moral value of this sentence is questionable. ... Agathon's speech is masterful. ... His speech is, again, not so much a speech as a dialog between himself and Diotima, a woman he claims taught him the art of love. ...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School