PLATO, AND THE OTHER COMPANIONS OF SOKRATES.
 
 
 
 
 
PLATO,
      
 and the
      
 OTHER COMPANIONS OF SOKRATES.
 
      
 by
  
 GEORGE GROTE,
  
 author of the ‘history of greece’.
 
      
 A NEW EDITION.
 
      
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
 
      
 Vol. III.
 
      
LONDON:
      
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
      
1888.
      
The right of Translation is reserved. 
 
 
 
    
CONTENTS.
             
              
          CHAPTER XXVI.         
        
                        PHÆDRUS — SYMPOSION.        
        
          These              two are the two erotic dialogues of Plato. Phædrus              is the originator of both           1        
        
          Eros              as conceived by Plato. Different sentiment prevalent in              Hellenic              antiquity and in modern times. Position of women in Greece                      ib.        
        
          Eros,              considered as the great stimulus to improving              philosophical communion.              Personal Beauty, the great point of approximation between              the world of              sense and the world of Ideas. Gradual generalisation of              the sentiment           4        
        
          All              men love Good, as the means of Happiness, but they pursue              it by various means. The name Eros is confined to              one special case of this large variety           5        
        
          Desire              of mental copulation and procreation, as the only              attainable likeness              of immortality, requires the sight of personal beauty as              an originating              stimulus           6        
        
          Highestexaltation              of the erotic impulse in a few privileged minds, when it              ascends gradually to the love of Beauty in general. This              is the most              absorbing sentiment of all           7<                        
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