Richard Rorty’s claim that this concept becomes morally dubious after reading Sigmund Freud is discussed in a David Velleman paper. The “Quality View” of this concept has led to the “trading-up” objection discussed by Rosalind Chaplin and Adam Smith. In a book subtitled “New Visions,” bell hooks argues this concept is something that we must choose, rather than something that simply happens to us. According to a Platonic dialogue, this concept arose after the original, powerful, and round race of humans were punished for climbing Mount Olympus. Diotima of Mantinea teaches Socrates about the true nature of this concept in that dialogue that imagines it as the desire for the other half. For 10 points, Plato’s dialogue Symposium discusses what concept, which Greeks variously called philia, agape (“ah-GAH-pay”), and eros? ■END■
ANSWER: love [accept eros, philia, or agape until read; accept All About Love: New Visions; prompt on friendship or synonyms]
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