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Love, Philosophy & Socrates
In this post, the role of Diotima of Mantinea in Plato’s Symposium is explored. It is argued that the Peloponnesian priestess is represented within that work as not just Plato’s teacher, but also as the personification of beauty and wisdom. This enables Plato Plato and Socratesto establish a symbolism equivalent with Diotima’s teachings, and which permits an explanation of both Love and the drive to philosophise (itself an act of Love).
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