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Socrates Questions Agathon. Socrates praises Agathon’s speech once more, saying he will also explore the questions of the qualities of Love himself. He asks if Love is the love of nothing or something, to which Agathon answers the latter, and then Socrates says that Love desires that which loves it.
Summary. Eryximachus expresses great satisfaction at Aristophanes' speech and claims that if speakers of any lesser degree than Agathon and Socrates were up next there would be nothing left to say. Socrates remarks that if Eryximachus were in his position, not having spoken yet and having to follow Agathon, he would be quite frightened.
Summary. At the conclusion of Agathon's speech there is general applause, and everyone remarks on how eloquent and brilliant Agathon is. Socrates points out to Eryximachus that what he had said before (at 194a) has held true, that Agathon would speak admirably and that he would be lost for words. Eryximachus agrees that Agathon has spoken ...
Summary. Agathon 's speech is applauded as brilliant, but Socrates has a few pointed questions about Agathon's characterization of love. He argues that Agathon has attempted to make love appear "as attractive and perfect as possible" without any regard for the truth. If this is how the speeches are supposed to go, Socrates warns, his own speech ...
Summary. Socrates continues his discussion of Love by restating an account given to him by a woman named Diotima. He claims that he once held the opinions expressed by Agathon and that Diotima convinced him he was mistaken through a series of questions similar to those Socrates has just asked Agathon. Thus, Socrates picks up where he left off ...
Summary. Socrates 's discourse on love is the centerpiece of the dialogue and, in part, a refutation of Agathon 's one-sided speech on the topic. Agreeing with Agathon that love is deeply connected to the ideas of goodness and beauty, Socrates nonetheless insists the connection is more complex than Agathon has suggested.
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A remarkable aspect of the Symposium is its loyalty to the Socratic psychology of the Lysis…Agathon throws out the truism that love (erôs) is of beauty (197b5).Socrates elicits the thesis that its object is one’s own happiness by a brisk inference: the lover loves beautiful things to have them for himself; to love beautiful things is to love good things, and to have good things is to be ...
