German aesthetic rationalism rests on this person’s authority according to a Frederick Beiser history titled for this person’s “Children.” A word that a text attributes to this person was used by both Eric Voegelin and Simone Weil to denote our state amid opposite poles of existence, called “metaxy.” A speech by this person describes an “in-between” concept that is conceived at a party as the child of Resource and Poverty. This person inspired the name of a love interest based on (*) Susette Gontard in the literature of Friedrich Hölderlin. Martha Nussbaum proposed that this woman’s name contrasts with the real-life Timandra to argue that this woman is purely fictional. A metaphor posed by this woman and related by Socrates views carnal attraction as the first of six rungs on a ladder. For 10 points, what priestess from Mantinea teaches Socrates about love in the Symposium? ■END■
ANSWER: Diotima of Mantinea (Timandra means “honor the man,” whereas Diotima means “honor the god.”)
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