Zašto Diotima saopštava istinu o erosu? O filozofiji i erosu u Platonovoj Gozbi
Why Does Diotima Reveal the Truth of Eros? On Eros and Philosophy in Plato’s Symposium

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the originality both of Plato’s Diotima argumentation and of her philosophical teaching of Eros. Firstly, I will attempt to elucidate the “neither…nor” form of Diotima’s argumentation. Then I will interpret the philosophical meaning of her myth of the origin of Eros. The further question is concerned with the reasons of qualifying Eros’ aims always in the terms of good and beautiful. Moreover, by criticizing the contemporary interpretations on three aims of Eros, I will try to support my own view of how they interrelate. Eventually, the relation between the various kinds of Eros and the beautiful will be interpreted. In so doing, it shall be shown that the metaphysics of Beauty reveals the deeper meaning of Plato’s Diotima erotology.

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