PHILOS 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Soulmate, Penia, Spritsail
29 Jan 2015
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Dialogue set at a symposium (greek drinking party) Says eros is humanity"s great god in love and it"s from eros that we learn how to deal with love, shame Teaches us how to love and be beloved. God is more generous to beloved than lover. Common eros no discrimination between partners; purely sex, once that"s over, no more interest. Heavenly eros lover subjects himself to beloved for sake other other"s virtue. Good for the boy and the lover; the entire city. Boys who learn about love this way also learn how to care about themselves. The wisest in love has the most relationships with the most pretty boys. Not unnatural response to beauty; occurs in all bodies in nature. A physician must be good at distinguishing between the two kinds of. To be an expert about eros is to know how to exercise it for health/human betterment.
