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    The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is
    Author: N. T. Wright
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    The Philosophical Vision of John Duns Scotus: An Introduction
    Author: Mechthild Dreyer
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    Author: V. Philips Long
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    The Brothers Karamazov: The Constance Garnett Translation Revised by Ralph E. Matlaw : Backgrounds and Sources, Essays in Criticism (A Norton)
    Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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    Duns Scotus, Metaphysician (Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures) (Purdue University Press Series in the History of Philosophy)
    Author: Allan B Wolter

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Plato’s Symposium and Eros

6 Comments Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen January 5th, 2006 in Ancient Philosophy

I recently finished Plato’s Symposium in which Socrates describes the philosopher as a lover, driven by Eros. For Plato, love is the feeling that something is lacking or missing. As Marias explains, in the Symposium Socrates tells a myth about Love (the god, Eros), the son of Porus (plenty) and Penia (poverty) [p. 57]. Love [...]

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