In the Symposion, perhaps the most famous of the ancient Greek philosophical texts on love, Plato gives us a definition of what love is: “Love is the desire for the eternal possession of the good.” This looks strange on first sight. Possession? What is a good? And why should it be eternal?
Can love be forever? #7
In the Symposion, perhaps the most famous of the ancient Greek philosophical texts on love, Plato gives us a definition of what love is: “Love is the desire for the eternal possession of the good.” This looks strange on first sight. Possession? What is a good? And why should it be eternal?
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