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Love and desire
In Plato's The Symposium, Diotima says to Socrates that "None of the gods loves wisdom or has the desire to become wise – because they already are; nor does anyone else who is already wise love wisdom."
This view raises the question – do you stop loving someone after you’ve got them? To answer this question, it is important to reflect on the nature of bounded-love. Bounded-love starts with the desire of an intangible-object, such as the desire of esteem in the eyes of another. This desire then gives rise to the desire of a tangible-object, such as a person. The sequence does not result in you stopping to love someone after you've got them because your desire of the intangible-object you crave, such as the desire of esteem in their eyes, is never entirely fulfilled.
If bounded-love has desire as its basis, is there another type of love that transcends the bounds of desire?
This view raises the question – do you stop loving someone after you’ve got them? To answer this question, it is important to reflect on the nature of bounded-love. Bounded-love starts with the desire of an intangible-object, such as the desire of esteem in the eyes of another. This desire then gives rise to the desire of a tangible-object, such as a person. The sequence does not result in you stopping to love someone after you've got them because your desire of the intangible-object you crave, such as the desire of esteem in their eyes, is never entirely fulfilled.
If bounded-love has desire as its basis, is there another type of love that transcends the bounds of desire?
