When asked to complete this assignment, I had a difficult time deciding on which methodology I was to use to approach a paper on a famous philosopher. After hours of deliberation, I came to the conclusion that I was going to write on Plato. Not only was I going to write on him, I was going to attempt on understanding or at least appreciating where he was coming from. I saw myself being able to …showed first 75 words of 880 total…

…showed last 75 words of 880 total…lines read written by Plato I must agree strongly with the next few lines… At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet, even though he had no music in him before; this also is a proof that Love is a good poet and accomplished in all the musical arts; for no one can give to another that which he has not himself, or teach that of which he has no knowledge—Symposium, 196. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**