Aidan Sheeran-Hahnel
Bowdoin College
Plato's Symposium, 204d
Aidan Sheeran-Hahnel /
- Created on 2026-03-04 15:40:36
- Modified on 2026-03-04 15:53:38
- Translated by Seth Benardete
- Aligned by Aidan Sheeran-Hahnel
Ἑλληνική Transliterate
English
εἰ δέ τις ἡμᾶς ἔροιτο · Τί τῶν καλῶν ἐστιν ὁ Ἔρως , ὦ Σώκρατές τε καὶ Διοτίμα; ὧδε δὲ σαφέστερον · ἐρᾶι ὁ ἐρῶν τῶν καλῶν · τί ἐρᾶι;
Καὶ ἐγὼ εἶπον ὅτι Γενέσθαι αὑτῶι .
Ἀλλ᾽ ἔτι ποθεῖ , ἔφη , ἡ ἀπόκρισις ἐρώτησιν τοιάνδε · Τί ἔσται ἐκείνωι ὧι ἂν γένηται τὰ καλά;
Καὶ ἐγὼ εἶπον ὅτι Γενέσθαι αὑτῶι .
Ἀλλ᾽ ἔτι ποθεῖ , ἔφη , ἡ ἀπόκρισις ἐρώτησιν τοιάνδε · Τί ἔσται ἐκείνωι ὧι ἂν γένηται τὰ καλά;
But
what
if
someone
were
to
ask
us
,
"
What
about
those
beautiful
things
of
which
Eros
is
,
Socrates
and
Diotima
?
"
It
is
more
clearly
expressed
as
follows
:
He
who
loves
the
beautiful
things
loves
—
what
does
he
love
?
And I said , " That they be his . "
" But the answer , " she said , " still longs for the following sort of question : what will he have who gets the beautiful things ? "
And I said , " That they be his . "
" But the answer , " she said , " still longs for the following sort of question : what will he have who gets the beautiful things ? "
Symposium 190b, Benardette Translation
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