Sunday, February 12, 2012

The Origin Of Love--Aristophanes via Hedwig, Socrates, Diotima, and Will Farrell

The clip below is from the rather bizarre musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. It more or less tells the story of Love as Aristophanes imagined it.



And the following is from some students who read the dialogue between Socrates and Diotima aloud. Not much to watch, but it's nice hearing two voices and imagining a young Socrates being tutored by his wise friend.



Finally... One last take on just what love is...

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