PHL 606 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Great Spirit, Sparknotes, Agathon
29 Nov 2017
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Phl module 2 the symposium so(cid:272)rates(cid:859) spee(cid:272)h. The inference that he who desires something is in want of something, and that he who desires nothing is in want of nothing socrates. If he who loves loves the good, (cid:449)hat is it the(cid:374) that he lo(cid:448)es? (cid:859) (cid:858)the possessio(cid:374) of the good,(cid:859) i said. (cid:858)a(cid:374)d (cid:449)hat does he gai(cid:374) (cid:449)ho possesses the good? (cid:859) (cid:858)happi(cid:374)ess,(cid:859) 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. According to diotima, love is not a god at all, but is rather a spirit that mediates between people and the objects of their desire. Love is neither wise nor beautiful, but is rather the desire for wisdom and beauty. Love expresses itself through pregnancy and reproduction, either through the bodily kind of sexual love or through the sharing and reproduction of ideas.
