The Symposium Part One: Phaedrus, Pausanias, Eryximachus, and Aristophanes
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck - Immanuel Kant
In this episode we begin discussing the first part, in a two part series, Plato's Symposium. The Symposium consists of a gathering of people, including Socrates in this instance, who took turns giving speeches devoted to the God of Love, Eros. Each person would go around giving their own take on what they believe love is and how that relates to the God of Love, with each similar, but importantly different from the speech before it. We discuss issues of love, sexuality, cultural influence on love, and even Socrates' practice of standing meditation. We will finish this discussion in the next episode and speak more to the piece as a whole.
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