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Plato and Love
Title: Plato and Love
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 467 | Pages: 2.0 (approximately 235 words/page)
Plato and Love
How or why is “love” and/or “desire” a philosophical subject?
In response to Plato’s Symposium
Like many things in philosophy love can not be defined easily or concretely. In Plato’s Symposium several characters discuss what love is and no distinct answer is derived. When I first discussed this subject I said that love and desire are most certainly subjects for philosophical discussion. After reading Plato’s Symposium I firmly stand by my …showed first 75 words of 467 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 467 total…a God they value and worship. Personally, at this point in time, I have very little faith in love as anything other then a chemical, hormonal if you will, and physical attraction. The argument for the existence of platonic love between family and friends seems more plausible then the deep love into which we as humans supposedly fall. There are thousands of theories and oppinions on this subject matter making it a perfect philosophical subject.
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