![]() What are the arts exemplified by the speakers? Socrates - philosophyĪgathon - tragedy How does this story exemplify how one can only approach the truth through slow, careful ascent? We can see each speech, with a few exceptions, as coming closer and closer to the truth. ![]() He concludes, the philosopher's search for wisdom is the most valuable of all pursuits. What do we learn of Plato through Diotima's Form of Beauty? Plato rejecting the romanticization of sexual love, valuing above all an asexual and all-consuming passion for wisdom and beauty. The greatest knowledge of all, she confides, is knowledge of the Form of Beauty, which we must strive to attain. Love expresses itself through pregnancy and reproduction, either through the bodily kind of sexual Love or through the sharing and reproduction of ideas. ![]() Love is neither wise nor beautiful, but is rather the desire for wisdom and beauty. ![]() Who does Socrates reference in order to give his statement? A wise woman named Diotima and what she told him What does Socrates state? According to Diotima, Love is not a god at all, but is rather a spirit that mediates between people and the objects of their desire. ![]()
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