History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps HoP 031 - Wings of Desire - Plato's Erotic Dialogues
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May 2, 2011 AI Snips
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Plato's Complex View on Pederasty
- Plato disapproved of pederasty, seeing it as transactional.
- He explored the erotic in dialogues like Symposium and Phaedrus.
The Symposium's Exploration of Love
- Symposium explores love through speeches at a drinking party.
- Aristophanes's myth explains love as a desire for reunion with one's missing half.
Socrates and Diotima's View on Love
- Socrates, via Diotima, argues love isn't mere possession but a yearning for the beautiful.
- True love ascends from physical beauty to the Form of Beauty, achieving immortality.