In Plato’s Symposium, Aristophanes, a famous Greek theatre and comedy writer, explains the myth of soulmates. According to Aristophanes, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate halves, condemning us to spend the rest of our lives looking for that other part. According to Aristophanes, love is the pursuit of that lost wholeness.
