Love is often argued to be the most powerful and moving emotion. It drives us. Whether for sex, wealth, greed, power and/or for any other selfish need, we rely on this false ideology of love as being beautiful, untouched and selfless to claim our actions as permissible and out of the best interest of our hearts desire. It is this obsession with love which has intrigued philosophers for hundreds of years, and as a result, the reason such deliberation and rationality has been extended to it. Plato, a Greek philosopher, mathematician and writer, is often considered to be one of the most influential figures of western culture in relation to loves desire. His work on “Eros” or passionate love, is recorded in the play The Symposium, in which, Plato delves into the mystery and philosophy of love, sexual drive, homoeroticism and the duality of love. The following essay will express the importance of desire and truth according to The Symposium and Plato’s work.