Eros and the good life The Symposium presents a range of opinions, voiced through various characters, about the meaning of Eros (love/desire).

Contrast two views of Eros proposed in Symposium. Which of these viewpoints about Eros is more useful in thinking about how to live a good life?

Use evidence from the text to support your thesis, and think carefully about the way that you wish to organize your ideas. You may find that, rather

than dividing the paper into analyzing first one speech and then the other, your argument will be clearer if you organize your paragraphs by common points or ideas and consider what each view has to say about that point.