… the nature of the Platonic ideal of love, which from its origin was
that of a chaste but passionate love, based not on lack of interest but
virtuous restraint of sexual desire. This love was meant to bring the
lovers closer to wisdom and the Platonic Form of Beauty. It is described
in depth in Plato’s Phaedrus and Symposium. In the Phaedrus, it is said
to be a form of divine madness that is a gift from the gods, and that
its proper expression is rewarded by the gods in the afterlife; in the
Symposium, the method by which love takes one to the form of beauty and
wisdom is detailed …
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