Plato on the Beautiful

Bruce Michael · 05-23-2007, 10:04 AM

"The true order of going," he says, in the often quoted passage in his "Banquet," "is to use the beauties of earth as steps along which one mounts upwards for the sake of that other Beauty, going from one to two, and from two to all fair forms, and from fair forms to fair actions, and from fair actions to fair notions, until from fair notions, he arrives at the notion of absolute Beauty, and at last knows what the essence of Beauty is."

-Br.Bruce

17th Angel · 05-23-2007, 10:11 AM

Beauty fades.

05-23-2007, 10:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
Bruce Michael Executive Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Trans-Himalayas Posts: 762	Plato on the Beautiful "The true order of going," he says, in the often quoted passage in his "Banquet," "is to use the beauties of earth as steps along which one mounts upwards for the sake of that other Beauty, going from one to two, and from two to all fair forms, and from fair forms to fair actions, and from fair actions to fair notions, until from fair notions, he arrives at the notion of absolute Beauty, and at last knows what the essence of Beauty is." -Br.Bruce

05-23-2007, 10:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
17th Angel Where is the Love??? Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Adolescence Posts: 4,244	Re: Plato on the Beautiful Beauty fades.

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