Perfectly Imperfect Love

Love. Is it not the supreme goal of every pitying to seek the love of another, whether it is that of a lover, a friend, family member, or maybe all of the above? any aspect of our world is engulfed in the essence of love. Without it, the likelihood of valet becoming a good species, in the least finger, would be out of the question. One of the important themes of Platos The Symposium is the true import of love and how it affects and changes humanity in different ways. He uses his guess of Forms to explain and describe his take a shit on love, mere(prenominal)ly attributes his beliefs to Socrates. non only does he confabulation 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 flavor in, reading this book took me for a spin trying to discernment on to the true philosophical meaning behind the words. When Platos Theory of Forms is connected to Christianity, some(p renominal) similarities shine threw the philosophical words, fashioning it easier to relate to the beliefs of the Western philosophical world. In the three hypercritical speeches of Phaedrus, Aristophanes, and Pausanias, the concepts of homosexuality, Heavenly love, and the search for unitys other half(prenominal) are discussed in a way that can be combined and connected to Platos Theory of Forms and idea of pure(a) love. Considering all of the speeches, we can decompose todays misconstrued light of perfection in love.\nIn the beginning of the Speech of Phaedrus he says, I mean a sense of shame at performing 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 talk about is the high answerability one is held to by his lover. The mere thought of disappointing a loved one presents an grand amount of pressure to get through to be the best variate of ones self. Whe n examine Phaedruss take on love to moder...