(MENAFN- The Conversation) It was probably inevitable, but is deeply sad, that Plato's Symposium (circa 380 BCE), has been drawn into the culture wars. A dialogue of great complexity and elegance, the ...

When we use the word “Eros” today, we often invoke assumptions shaped more by psychoanalysis than by the ancient Greek god of love. Psychoanalytic thinkers have long been drawn to Plato’s Symposium.

I recently had occasion to return to Plato’s highly influential dialogue, Symposium, in relation to Sigmund Freud’s interpretation of it in his work. I was struck by another connection – that between ...

You may already know the story. It's a classic of Western literature from the 5th century B.C. Plato's "Symposium" relates a myth to explain the longing of love. The myth is supposed to be funny as ...