Status Updates From Symposium

“And the reason is that human nature was originally one and we were a whole, and the desire and pursuit of the whole is called love.”

“Mankind, he said … at all understood the power of Love. For if they had understood him they would surely have built noble temples and altars, and offered solemn sacrifices in his honour; but this is not done, and most certainly ought to be done: since of all the gods he is the best friend of men, the helper and the healer of the ills which are the great impediment to the happiness of the race.”