Diotima of Mantinea
Ancient Greek philosopher · Academics · Lived 450 BC to 300 BC · aged 150
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Something wrong?A name spoken by Socrates in Plato's Symposium - possibly real, possibly invented - whose speech on desire became the blueprint for how the West thinks about love.
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Diotima of Mantinea appears in Plato's Symposium as the teacher Socrates credits with his understanding of Eros, her existence circa 440 B.C. a matter of scholarly dispute. Through Socrates' account, she articulates a doctrine of love that moves from physical attraction toward higher forms of beauty and knowledge. That ladder of desire, passed down through one dialogue, shaped centuries of philosophy and poetry. Whether she walked the earth or lived only in Plato's prose, the ideas attributed to her endure as the foundation of Western thought on longing and transcendence.
Academics born in the 450s BC 6
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