"The Symposium" Quotes
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Philosophers gather to discuss the nature of love and desire at a symposium.
philosophy | 131 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.
Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
Love is a madness that only the gods inflict on us.
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods.
Love is the desire to possess the good forever.
The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things.
At the touch of love, everyone becomes a philosopher.
We are torn apart by the most contrary desires, as though we had been two men.
What is honored in a country is cultivated there.
