Diotima

Diotima (c. 400 BCE) is an Ancient Greek character in Plato's dialogue Symposium, who some scholars also consider a real historical figure.Waithe, Mary Ellen, ed. (1987). A History of Women Philosophers: Ancient Women Philosophers 600 B.C. — 500 A.D.. Quotes Those who are pregnant in the body only, betake themselves to women and beget children—this is the character of their love; their offspring, as they hope, will preserve their memory and giving them the blessedness and immortality which they desire in the future. But souls which are pregnant—for there certainly are men who are more creative in their souls than in their bodies—conceive that which is proper for the soul to conceive or contain. And what are these conceptions?—wisdom and virtue in general. Symposium (c. 385 – 370 BC)