that the idea of procreation is just another attempt at mortals to come close to being immortal. By carrying on their name or traits they are in essence carrying on themselves. Once again this idea of immortality, I feel is outdated and does not apply to modern society.I believe that these ideas about the characteristics of love and the ideas that coincide are outdated and are not relevant to today's society. In our modern monotheistic society the idea of love as a god is certainly invalid. Also the ideas of actions done out of virtue and respect rather than love also seems to be a dated concept. Whether our motives for actions such as self-sacrifice or procreation have gotten more respectable or less remains to be seen, yet it is evident that they have changed since Plato's era. Thus if the characteristics and motives of love have changed then the concept of love must have evolved as well. This evolution of love may be a characteristic of the concept itself. Love may be an ever-changing concept that adapts itself to the society in which it exists. Our concepts of love and what is noble are undoubtedly different than those in Plato’s Symposium showing that the concepts of love definitely change with time. Therefore the concept of love may have no exact meaning except for that which the society in which it exists perceives and accepts it to be....
