He suddenly recalled the famous myth from Plato's Symposium: People were hermaphrodites until God split them in two, and now all the halves wander the world over seeking one another. Love is the longing for the half of ourselves we have lost.
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In Milan Kundera's "The Unbearable Lightness of Being," a character is reminded of a myth from Plato's Symposium that describes humans as once being whole beings with both male and female parts. According to the myth, these beings were split in two by the divine, leaving each half to roam the earth in search of its counterpart. This tale encapsulates the essence of love as a fundamental longing for the missing...
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