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Single Idea 179

[filed under theme 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love ]

Full Idea

Love is desire for perpetual possession of the good.

Gist of Idea

Love is desire for perpetual possession of the good

Source

Plato (The Symposium [c.384 BCE], 206a)

Book Ref

Plato: 'The Symposium', ed/tr. Hamilton,W [Penguin 1951], p.86

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A Reaction

Even the worst human beings often have lovers. 'Perpetual' is a nice observation.