In the Symposium, Alcibiade's unrequited love, or rather lust for Socrates drives him to make a fool of himself at the "dinner party". During his speech Alcibiades speaks of Socrates as if he were a superior being; he has a special hold or power over emotions of others. He mentions that "(Socrates) presents himself as your lover, and before you know it, you're in love with him yourself! Therefore, justifying to himself that he is not

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