Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

divinity of Love prevents calling Love evil

divinity_of_love_prevents_calling_love_evil

A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Divine and Sacred Love. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • Phaedrus PHAEDRUS / INTRODUCTION. / ON THE DECLINE OF GREEK LITERATURE. / PHAEDRUS; lines 1987-2094 confidence: high

    Socrates asks whether Eros is the son of Aphrodite and a god; he then states that if Love is a divinity, Love cannot be evil.

    Socrates argues that Eros is a god and that Love, being divine, cannot be evil.

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