The Dialogues of Love

Toulia Daragona shows the character of Varki getting obsessed with the wording of this question. The ultimate solution to the dialogue central question turns on a distinction beloved of the school men, originally made by Aristotle. Love is boundless but not actually infinite. Its infinity is potential, in that the lover's desire for the beloved can never be satisfied. Next time we'll look back at Ficino, Pouliziano and the whole question of the reception of Plato in Italian Renaissance.