Essays on Symposium

In “The Symposium” by Plato, speeches were made at a party by different speakers on their believed to be the definition of love. I will talk specifically, of two speeches made by Agathon and Socrates who had a similar idea to start with, but different…

The pursuit of living a good life, one immune to intervention from forces and circumstances outside of the agent’s control, is something that many famous philosophers have pondered heavily. The desire to live a life full of happiness without pain and suffering is an interest…

Short Essay 1: Plato’s Symposium Human beings have been exploring the feeling of love for thousands of years, trying to figure out what it is that causes love or why do we fall in love with only certain people. Even in the ancient times, debates…