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    Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4)
    Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4)
    Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4)
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    Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4)

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      Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4) - George Grote

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      Title: Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4)

      Author: George Grote

      Release Date: August 7, 2012 [EBook #40437]

      Language: English

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      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.

      I put together these two dialogues, as distinguished by a marked peculiarity. They are the two erotic dialogues of Plato. They have one great and interesting subject common to both: though in the Phædrus, this subject is blended with, and made contributory to, another. They agree also in the circumstance, that Phædrus is, in both, the person who originates the conversation. But they differ materially in the manner of handling, in the comparisons and illustrations, and in the apparent purpose.

      Eros as conceived by Plato. Different sentiment prevalent in Hellenic antiquity and in modern times. Position of women in Greece.

      The subject common to both is, Love or Eros in its largest sense, and with its manifold varieties. Under the totally different vein of sentiment which prevails in modern times, and which recognises passionate love as prevailing only between persons of different sex — it is difficult for us to enter into Plato’s eloquent exposition of the feeling as he conceives it. In the Hellenic point of view,1 upon which Plato builds, the attachment of man to woman was regarded as a natural impulse, and as a domestic, social, sentiment; yet as belonging to a common-place rather than to an exalted mind, and seldom or never rising to that pitch of enthusiasm which overpowers all other emotions, absorbs the whole man, and aims either at the joint performance of great exploits or the joint prosecution of intellectual improvement by continued colloquy. We must remember that the wives and daughters of citizens were seldom seen abroad: that the wife was married very young: that she had learnt nothing except spinning and weaving: that the fact of her having seen as little and heard as little as possible, was considered as rendering her more acceptable to her husband:2 that her sphere of duty and exertion was confined to the interior of the family. The beauty of women yielded satisfaction to the senses, but little beyond. It was the masculine beauty of youth that fired the Hellenic imagination with glowing and impassioned sentiment. The finest youths, and those too of the best families and education, were seen habitually uncovered in the Palæstra and at the public

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