Perfectly Imperfect Love

Love. Is it not the eventual(prenominal) goal of every man to seek the love of another, whether it is that of a lover, a friend, family member, or perhaps all of the above? either aspect of our world is engulfed in the essence of love. Without it, the likelihood of piece becoming a innoxious species, in the least finger, would be out of the question. One of the briny themes of Platos The Symposium is the true kernel of love and how it affects and changes humanity in different ways. He uses his guess of Forms to explain and describe his contri excepte on love, but attributes his beliefs to Socrates. non only does he scold about the nature and splendour of true and virtuous love, but he also duologue about what it means to be a truly sound and moral person. From the outside feeling in, reading this book took me for a spin trying to take pris singler on to the true philosophic meaning behind the words. When Platos Theory of Forms is connected to Christianity, legion(p redicate) similarities shine threw the philosophical words, do it easier to relate to the beliefs of the Western philosophical world. In the three diminutive speeches of Phaedrus, Aristophanes, and Pausanias, the concepts of homosexuality, Heavenly love, and the search for ones other half are discussed in a way that can be combined and connected to Platos Theory of Forms and idea of complete(a) love. Considering all of the speeches, we can try todays misconstrued sensing of perfection in love.\nIn the beginning of the Speech of Phaedrus he says, I mean a sense of shame at playacting shamefully, and a sense of pride in acting well. Without these, nothing fine or great can be accomplished, in public or in private(10). Essentially, what Phaedrus is lecture about is the high answerableness one is held to by his lover. The pure thought of disappointing a loved one presents an grand amount of pressure to distort to be the best mutation of ones self. When analyse Phaedruss tak e on love to moder...