Plato's Symposium 1 - Phaedrus through Aristophanes

Professor Kozlowski begins his encomium of the Symposium by discussing Greek cultural assumptions and how they relate and manifest in the first four speeches: Phaedrus' virtuous love, Pausanias' passionate (if disreputable) love, Erixymachus' love as a universal force, and Aristophanes' (comic?) love-myth.  Perhaps, by synthesizing all these perspectives, we might come to see some true vision of love as Plato sees it.  Or not... If you have questions or topic suggestions for Professor Kozlowski, e-mail him at [email protected] To see what else Professor Kozlowski is up to, visit his webpage: https://professorkozlowski.wordpress.com/