Insights from Writing My Book on Plato's Eros Discover what Plato's philosophy has taught me about beauty, the good, and the pursuit of truth by writing about Symposium and its concept of Eros. A key insight is that Eros helps us transcend the physical world. It pushes us to appreciate and strive for the good that isn't tied to material things, but to eternal truths. Eros, in Plato's Symposium,...