Plato Symposium 189d-189e
Charles Vermillion /
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∆εῖ δὲ πρῶτον ὑμᾶς μαθεῖν τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην φύσιν καὶ τὰ παθήματα αὐτῆς . ἡ γὰρ πάλαι ἡμῶν φύσις οὐχ αὑτὴ ἦν ἥπερ νῦν , ἀλλ’ ἀλλοία . πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ τρία ἦν τὰ γένη τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων , οὐχ ὥσπερ νῦν δύο , ἄρρεν καὶ θῆλυ , ἀλλὰ καὶ τρίτον προσῆν κοινὸν ὂν ἀμφοτέρων τούτων , οὗ νῦν ὄνομα λοιπόν , αὐτὸ δὲ ἠφάνισται · ἀνδρόγυνον γὰρ ἓν τότε μὲν ἦν καὶ εἶδος καὶ ὄνομα ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων κοινὸν τοῦ τε ἄρρενος καὶ θήλεος , νῦν δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀλλ’ ἢ ἐν ὀνείδει ὄνομα κείμενον .
First
,
you
should
learn
the
nature
of
humanity
and
what
has
happened
to
that
,
for
in
times
past
our
nature
was
not
the
same
as
it
is
now
,
but
otherwise
.
For
in
the
first
place
there
were
three
kinds
of
human
being
and
not
two
as
nowadays
,
male
and
female
.
No
,
there
was
also
a
third
kind
,
a
combination
of
both
genders
,
but
that
has
disappeared
and
only
its
name
remains
.
For
at
the
time
,
man-woman
was
a
single
form
and
a
single
name
combining
both
male
and
female
,
but
it
does
not
exist
today
,
even
though
the
name
persists
as
a
term
of
reproach
.