PHIL-105 FA2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Eryximachus
28 Mar 2017
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Our words implicate us within our social networks. Words like love have a certain significance for different people. Phaedrus says that love is one of the most ancient gods with an obscure origin but wise and mystical in nature. You are much more ashamed to do something wrong in front of someone you love because you care about how they view you. There is something about going down to hell and back for someone. The experience of sharing a world with someone in which you figure centrally. There is a connection between love and virtue and you are more likely to be virtuous when you are in love. Pausanias says that there are two species (types) of love (heavenly and common) Heavenly is wiser and has to do with a love of wisdom. Permanent and more focused on the soul and the mind. Common is much more temporary and is superficial. Importantly, heavenly is virtuous and common is shameful.
