“ The lover is ashamed to be seen by the beloved doing or suffering any cowardly or mean act. ”
Plato, Symposium. copy citation
| Author | Plato |
|---|---|
| Source | Symposium |
| Topic | suffering meaning |
| Date | |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Benjamin Jowett |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1600/1600-h/1600-h.htm |
Context
“He descants first of all upon the antiquity of love, which is proved by the authority of the poets; secondly upon the benefits which love gives to man. The greatest of these is the sense of honour and dishonour. The lover is ashamed to be seen by the beloved doing or suffering any cowardly or mean act. And a state or army which was made up only of lovers and their loves would be invincible. For love will convert the veriest coward into an inspired hero.
And there have been true loves not only of men but of women also.”
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