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What's Love Got To Do With It? An Exploration Of The Symposium And Plato's Love, Remy P. Pinson
What's Love Got To Do With It? An Exploration Of The Symposium And Plato's Love, Remy P. Pinson
CMC Senior Theses
To many people love is special, sacred even. Love plays a countless number of roles for a countless number of people. Contemporary ideas about love, however, are more in alignment with the philosophies of Aristotle, and not of Plato. Aristotle held that love could exist as many people see it today – wishing well for others purely for their own sake. But Plato disagreed. Plato claimed that love was a way by which one could better themselves and become wiser. In this thesis, I explain Plato’s theory of love put forth in the Symposium. I also explore the textual …