The wise Diotima of Mantineia helps Socrates to see that there is a mean between wisdom and ignorance, and mortality and divinity, which is the place of eros.
Early in this work, a man protests that there have been discourses on such frivolous subjects as the utility of salt, and defers to the expertise of Phaedrus. Another character claims that humans originally had four arms and four legs, and moved about by rolling at great speed. As related by Aristodemus, Eryximachus modifies the claims of Pausanias by stressing the importance of harmony in all endeavors. The wise Diotima of Mantineia helps Socrates to see that there is a mean between wisdom and ignorance, and mortality and divinity, which is the place of eros. FTP, name this Platonic dialogue set in the house of Agathon featuring speeches on the nature of love, named for a place where ancient Greeks would get together and drink.
Early in this work, a man protests that there have been discourses on such frivolous subjects as the utility of salt, and defers to the expertise of Phaedrus.
{Symposium} (or the {Banquet})