Episode 142: Plato’s “Phaedrus” on Love and Speechmaking
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Importance of Beauty in Love
Beauty is important to love. And there's a reason why apps like Tinder involve just pictures and then a few words. I think intuitively we understand that, whether it's physical beauty or what we might think of as beauty of the soul. So again, it's for 238c. The things that we learned are good, as opposed to simply telling desire.
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