Diotima Quotes

“If I am in love, many things about the world, not just the immediate object of my love, seem lovable. To say 'I love X' is somehow really to say 'X inspires love in me', and that love then attaches itself to objects other than X as well. The expansiveness of love is a natural means of ascent between levels.”
― Robin Waterfield

“Quando, por um justo amor dos jovens, se sobe desta beleza mortal até ao ponto em que se começa a ver o belo em sim mesmo, então atinge-se quase o termo.”
― Platão, O banquete