It is interesting how much thought and detail is placed into defining love by those at the dinner.  All parties present seemed to feel that love much serve a bigger purpose to the lovers. Phaedrus believes that love should teach shame and pride.  Pausanias believes that love should make one good and wise, and he feels very upset that love is discriminating in attraction because it is attraction to the body not the mind.  Eryximachus stated that love is a balance and a sort of order in life that may appear anywhere.  What is interesting is how all the participants state a piece of their idea that if combined may create the definition of love.  However, maybe defining love is something that should be undefined.