Plato's Symposium

Plato utilized the dialogue form in Plato’s Symposium is that in this style, the characters in the work of literature can voice their opinions. The characters can also seem to speak to the readers who read the work of literature. Let’s take Pausanias accordingly. From the first paragraph of his speech about love, he said, “I don’t expect you’ll disagree with me about the two goddesses, will you?” From this question he poses to the reader, it seems that he can tell that the reader will accept “Love” and “Aphrodite” as two different things. He starts his speech with a question as a way to listen to the reader’s opinion. Nevertheless, some might disagree. Pausanias jumps to conclusion. One example of him jumping to conclusions is in the second paragraph, he said, “…Love is not in himself noble …show more content…
Eryximachus then criticizes him for making such a conclusion. Some may consider that to be a conclusion. As we probe further into the speech, we see that there are no quotations when Aristophanes’s speech. After Eryximachus heard Aristophanes's speech, Eryximachus said, “I found your speech delightful, so I’ll do as you say.” (884) From this statement, it can be pointed out that he would do something that Aristophanes’s speech stated. As we all see, saying and doing are two different things. Lastly, we will analyze Diotima. In Diotima’s speech, we see her interacting with Phaedrus, Socrates, and Agathon. One line that she said that stands out was “Those who love wisdom fall in between those two extremes. And Love is one of them, because he is in love with what is beautiful, and wisdom is extremely beautiful.” (892) From this statement, we can assume that anyone who love wisdom also falls in love. Wisdom is the idea of being wise, and those who are wise appreciate