ML166: Armand D'Angour on Socrates in Love, Reviving The Classics and Rediscovering Ancient Music
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What Is Platonic Love?
In a speech, pericles uses phrases which seem to reflect the influence of aspasia. In it, he says, you should gaze upon your city athens like a passionate lover. The idea that he brings in a love metaphor to talk about love of one's city seems to me very striking.
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