Love, what does it mean?
Today I came across an old book that talks about the "God of Love" and what does Love mean.
The book was " The Symposium" by Plato!
Plato I have heard of and so my curiosity was aroused. What was he really all about, when did he live and why is he so well know a name? Well, he lived between 427 and 347 BC. So certainly not a recent writer. Would what he said make any sense to me, or you for that matter. He was considered perhaps the greatest of all Greek philosophers so I wanted to know (at least a little) of his philosophy and though I would put it to the test by reading this book, translated by Walter Hamilton.
One of the characters in this text is Socrates another famous Greek who was put to death in 399 BC and I wondered why.
Well as the subject of the story is "Love" and I have my own experiences in this field I read it from end to end this afternoon. I guess that philosophers never give you the answer to the question, but they give one food for thought. If you can follow the argument it is fun.
Good luck if you decide to try it.
Today I came across an old book that talks about the "God of Love" and what does Love mean.
The book was " The Symposium" by Plato!
Plato I have heard of and so my curiosity was aroused. What was he really all about, when did he live and why is he so well know a name? Well, he lived between 427 and 347 BC. So certainly not a recent writer. Would what he said make any sense to me, or you for that matter. He was considered perhaps the greatest of all Greek philosophers so I wanted to know (at least a little) of his philosophy and though I would put it to the test by reading this book, translated by Walter Hamilton.
One of the characters in this text is Socrates another famous Greek who was put to death in 399 BC and I wondered why.
Well as the subject of the story is "Love" and I have my own experiences in this field I read it from end to end this afternoon. I guess that philosophers never give you the answer to the question, but they give one food for thought. If you can follow the argument it is fun.
Good luck if you decide to try it.
