Motif
birth or generation as access to immortality
birth_or_generation_as_access_to_immortality
A motif of the Death, Rebirth, and Transformation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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Symposium Symposium / SYMPOSIUM / INTRODUCTION. / SYMPOSIUM; lines 2318-2392 confidence: high
Diotima says love is the love of generation and birth in beauty; generation is a sort of eternity and immortality for mortal creatures, so love is of immortality.
Diotima states that generation is a sort of eternity and immortality for mortal creatures and that love is directed toward immortality.
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