Symposium

            The general argument made by Plato in his work The Symposium is that there is a middle ground with everything. More specifically, something can be in the middle of the spectrum rather than being to the left or the right. This could be true with anything and is completely true with politics. With politics people seem to think you either have to be to the right (conservative) or to the left (liberal). The truth is however that the true happy medium lies in the middle and this is where things could truly get done. He writes, “must that be foul which is not fair…and this which is not wise ignorant?” In this passage Plato is suggesting that just because love is not always fun it is not foul and just because it is not foul it is not fair however. In conclusion it is Plato’s belief that something does not have to be one thing if it is not the other.

           

In my view, Plato is right because there is always a middle ground to everything. For example if people would look at the medium rather than the far extremes the world could be a happier place. The middle ground is kind of the area for compromise in every aspect of life. Therefore I conclude that love, politics, and intelligence are only a few main aspects of life in which there are a middle ground and the place where true happiness lies.