Symposium - Plato - 图书 -  - 9798691596551 - 2021年2月22日
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Symposium

Book Excerptt times they are encouraged, and then the lover is allowed to play all sorts of fantastic tricks; he may swear and forswear himself (and 'at lovers' perjuries they say Jove laughs'); he may be a servant, and lie on a mat at the door of his love, without any loss of character; but there are also times when elders look grave and guard their young relations, and personal remarks are made. The truth is that some of these loves are disgraceful and others honourable. The vulgar love of the body which takes wing and flies away when the bloom of youth is over, is disgraceful, and so is the interested love of power or wealth; but the love of the noble mind is lasting. The lover should be tested, and the beloved should not be too ready to yield. The rule in our country is that the beloved may do the same service to the lover in the way of virtue which the lover may do to him. A voluntary service to be rendered for the sake of virtue and wisdom is permitted among us; and when these two customs--one the love of yo

介质类型 图书     Paperback Book   (平装胶订图书)
已发行 2021年2月22日
ISBN13 9798691596551
页数 68
商品尺寸 152 × 229 × 4 mm   ·   104 g
语言 英语  

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