In Plato's Symposium, Socrates shares with us the nature of nature of eros through a speech recounting his dialogue with Diotima. ... In the experience of this true beauty one sees true virtue and becomes "dear to god. " Socrates concludes his speech as follows: "And in this state of conviction, I try to persuade others that for this possession one could not easily get a better co-worker with human nature than Eros. ...

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