Symposium Loves

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LOVE IN SYMPOSIUM

The Symposium starts with dialogues between Eryximachus and Phaedrus where he proposes that the union may speak on the subject of love . In return , Socrates ignites the discussion by mentioning that the only thing he understands is "the art of love . Aristophanes joins the discussion and expresses his views on love . According to him , there were originally three types of humans : male , female , and an androgynous . He also noted that the male was an offspring of the sun whereas the

female was the offspring of the earth , and the androgen was the offspring of the moon . According to Aristophanes , the unification between a man and a woman results in an offspring whereas the unification between a man and man results in pure satisfaction with no other strings

Similarly , Alcibiades states that he is basically homosexual in nature because he 's crazy about beautiful boys and it is in his nature that he pursues for their love whenever and wherever it is possible . Alcibiades was a soldier by profession and what he said followed a straight path with comparatively less intellectuality involved in it though he was able to express his mind and thoughts without any philosophical doctrines involved . He was clear and unrepentant in his views . He clearly stated his views on love by expressing himself as an ardent pursuer of beautiful young boys though he did mention that whatever it is Socrates remained his lifelong love and explicitly stated...