Explain Socrates’ distinction between what is loved (i.e., that which is loved) and loving. Here you should explain Socrates’ initial confusion about this distinction (see 204c) and why he now recognizes his earlier position to be confused

February 21, 2024February 21, 2024 Discipline: Philosophy

use these 2 refs 

ALLEN, R. E. (1989). The Dialogues of Plato: The Symposium (Vol. 11). Yale University Press.

Nussbaum, M. (1979). THE SPEECH OF ALCIBIADES: A READING OF PLATO’S
SYMPOSIUM. Philosophy and Literature, 3, 131–172.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1353/phl.1979.0024

– aim to interpret others’ arguments in the most charitable way consistent with the text. The point of philosophy is not to try to score points against your opponents. It is to figure out what is true. If a text permits of multiple interpretations, one of which is more plausibly true than the others, focus on the most plausibly true interpretation. 
– Do not assume that the reader knows what you’re talking about. Write your essay as if you were writing it for an

intelligent reader with limited philosophical knowledge. All technical terminology should be defined

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