Motif
desire as lack
desire_as_lack
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Lovesickness and Longing. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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Symposium Symposium / SYMPOSIUM / INTRODUCTION. / SYMPOSIUM; lines 1976-2100 confidence: high
Agathon agrees that Love is of something and that Love desires that of which Love is.
Socrates argues that Love desires something and that desire entails wanting what one does not possess or does not yet have.
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