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Philosophize This!
This fictional book depicts a dinner party where Athenian figures discuss love, with Diotima's speech on love as a progression through different stages being particularly noteworthy. The podcast summarizes Diotima's concept of love as ascending a ladder, beginning with bodily love and culminating in a love of the form of beauty.
the symposium was a fictional book written by the Greek philosopher Plato about a dinner party. It's a dinner party where various noteworthy figures from Athens at the time all meet up to talk about a...
— Episode: Episode #093 ... Nietzsche pt. 4 - Love
Episode: Episode #093 ... Nietzsche pt. 4 - Love
This fictional book depicts a dinner party where Athenian figures discuss love, with Diotima's speech on love as a progression through different stages being particularly noteworthy. The podcast summarizes Diotima's concept of love as ascending a ladder, beginning with bodily love and culminating in a love of the form of beauty.
the symposium was a fictional book written by the Greek philosopher Plato about a dinner party. It's a dinner party where various noteworthy figures from Athens at the time all meet up to talk about a particular subject.
Diatema told Socrates about how she sees love as sort of a progression. It's a progression ascending up rungs of a ladder where throughout your various experiences with love in your life, you go through a number of phases.