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Agathon's description of Eros as graced with every beauty and virtue is not a description of Eros at all , but of the object of Eros . Beauty and goodness are attributes , not of desire , but of the thing desired .
Agathon's description of Eros as graced with every beauty and virtue is not a description of Eros at all , but of the object of Eros . Beauty and goodness are attributes , not of desire , but of the thing desired .
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Immortality in all the three forms so far described is immortality of the mortal creature , who may perpetuate his race , his fame , his thoughts , in another . The individual himself does not survive ; he dies , and leaves something ...
Immortality in all the three forms so far described is immortality of the mortal creature , who may perpetuate his race , his fame , his thoughts , in another . The individual himself does not survive ; he dies , and leaves something ...
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The final act of knowledge is described as an immediate intuition in which there is no longer any process of thought . ... 116 . I p must , conjecture that the description is based on some 77 THB DOCTRINB OF BROS IN PLATO's SYMPOSIUM.
The final act of knowledge is described as an immediate intuition in which there is no longer any process of thought . ... 116 . I p must , conjecture that the description is based on some 77 THB DOCTRINB OF BROS IN PLATO's SYMPOSIUM.
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Contents
The Harmony of the Spheres 1930 | 14 |
The Unwritten Philosophy 1935 | 28 |
Platos Commonwealth 1935 | 47 |
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abstract Aeschylus ancient answer appears Aristotle associations authority beauty become beginning believe birth bodies called century character city-state complete concepts cosmogony course Creation criticism death described desire divine doctrine earth element Eros event existence experience explain expression fact feeling finally follow force given gods Greek hand harmony heaven Hesiod human ideal ideas individual interest Ionian Italy king knowledge later lectures less light living look lovers material matter means mentioned mind moral myth mythical nature never object once origin perfect perhaps philosophy physical Plato political possible produce question reason Republic ritual seems sense separation social society Socrates soul space speaks theory things thought traditional true truth unconscious universe wealth whole wisdom writes Zeus
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| Title | The Unwritten Philosophy and Other Essays |
| Author | Francis Macdonald Cornford |
| Editor | William Keith Chambers Guthrie |
| Contributor | William Keith Chambers Guthrie |
| Publisher | University Press, 1950 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 138 pages |
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