Diotima

“Diotima” measuring 140×110 cm, Oil on Canvas.
Available to buy; €4,250.

She is the teacher of Socrates and she is the teacher of love.
Diotima has Socrates agree that everyone always wants good things and happiness to be theirs forever. In that case, everyone would be a lover, but we only call certain people lovers. …
Socrates and Diotima agree that love is the desire to have the good forever.