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Diotima prophetess, teacher of Socrates, speaks of an ideal love. [Gk. Lit.: Plato Symposium in Brewer Handbook] See : Love, Virtuous How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In the inspired presence of Lydia, whom the faithful renamed Diotima, Viacheslav presided over the play of ideas with grace and tact. In his contribution to the banquet guests' speeches in praise of Eros in Plato's Symposium, Socrates remembers the wise woman Diotima telling him, "All of us are pregnant, Socrates, both in body and in soul, and, as soon as we come to a certain age, we naturally desire to give birth. Patricia gives birth to Johnnie, goes into hiding with Diotima, her lover, and finally commits suicide by walking into the Potomac River. |
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