Round 9: Tossup 20

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 (10[1])for climbing Mount Olympus. (-5[1])Diotima of Mantinea (10[1])teaches Socrates about the true nature of this concept in that dialogue that imagines it as the desire for (10[1])the other half. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, Plato’s dialogue Symposium discusses what concept, which Greeks variously called philia, (10[1])agape (“ah-GAH-pay”), and eros? ■END■ (10[1])

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