Session 13 Notes

Notes for David O'Connor's 2/14/07 lecture on Plato's Symposium, Aristophanes’ speech for PHIL 20214

Symposium, Aristophanes’ speech

 
I. Introduction
           

            A. The place of Aristophanes’ speech in the dialogue 

            B. Aristohpanes’ mode of myth

            C. A comic poet

 
II. The myth and its significance
 

            A. Our original nature and subsequent fall 

            B. Divine reconstruction of our bodies

 1. Human desire for reunion and divine purpose of procreation 

                     2. Death as the fullest expression of love

            C. Erotic completion: type or soul mate?

 Aristophanes

Image of Aristophanes courtesy of Alun Salt

 
Citation: O\'Connor, D. (2007, July 04). Session 13 Notes. Retrieved February 09, 2010, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/philosophy/ancient-wisdom-modern-love/lecture-notes/session-13-notes.
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