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Plato's Explanation Of The Socratic Platonic Form Of Beauty

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It can easily be said that defining eros is an onerous task and achieving eros itself even more so. This is exactly what is done in Plato’s text Symposium. Individual speakers give an extemporaneous speech on their account of eros. For each of these speakers, this plays a varying role, which manifests itself differently. Most notably for philosophical purposes is Socrates speech restating a woman named Diotima’s theory of love, which for the purpose of this paper is one of importance. According to Diotima, love is for the desire of beauty and through this, it is expressed in reproducing, in the bodily sense physically and as well as metaphorically birthing ideas. One of the greatest knowledge’s we can acquire is the form of the Beauty. In this essay, I will delve into the Socratic Platonic Form of Beauty through interpretation of Diotima 's speech as given by Socrates. In doing so, I will show how there is a consequence within Plato’s view of this subject and a way in which he may respond to this. Socrates begins with asserting that love or eros serves as intermediaries between mortal and immortal, gods and humans, and the ugly and beautiful. The lover himself being intermediate lacks the qualities of the things that are loved, like wisdom, beauty, and immortality; therefore he strives to possess these qualities. Within the dialogue there are aims, and each is not of equal importance but rather follow a priority. As we will see throughout Socrates speech his final goal is

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