IUF 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Eryximachus, Agathon, Platonic Love
9 Sep 2016
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The symposium (written c385-360 bce), author: plato (c428-348bce) The symposium: a banquet/party in which the topic at hand is l-o-v-e. Phaedrus: love is the oldest of the gods, and establishes the principle of honor. Love establishes the principle of honor and dishonor among humans. People act honorably so as to be held in high esteem by the one. Achilles slaying hector: achilles act seeking in pursuit of honor. Pausanius: intellectuallove in may-december romances is truly heavenly and love of the body : love of the body is a lower love, more ephemeral, fleeting. Intellectual love is deeper; the best is the older person tutoring/mentoring the younger person. Eryximachus: love is a balance between the pleasures of the mind/soul and those of the body. You must want both parts of the person simultaneously. Aristophanes (c. 446-c. 386bce): love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole. (aristophanes) humans used to be circular with two halfs on either side.
