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I remember reading some decades ago wile in college, that Plato proposed that humans were originally created as four armed, four legged beings, and that is why we always search for our other half. Is there some book or citation you can direct me to, to re-learn about this? I have been sarching on line and think it's in Timaeus but can't find anything for sure.
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October 2, 2007

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Allen Stairs
October 3, 2007 (changed October 3, 2007) Permalink

It's in the Symposium, in a speech by Aristophanes. The speech is posted separately here.

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