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The English term "platonic" dates back to William Davenant's The Platonick Lovers, performed in 1635, a critique of the philosophy of platonic love which was popular at Charles I's court. The play was derived from the concept in Plato's Symposium of a person's love for the idea of good, which he considered to lie at the root of all virtue and ...
Српски / srpski: Platon Atanacković (1788 -1867) je bio episkop budimski (1839-1851) i bački (1851-1867), pisac, politički radnik i veliki dobrotvor srpske prosvete. English: Platon Atanacković (1788 -1867) was the bishop of Buda (1839-1851) and Bačka (1851-1867), a writer, political worker and a great benefactor of Serbian education.
In the classical world, erotic love was generally described as a kind of madness or theia mania ("madness from the gods"). [5] This erotic love was described through an elaborate metaphoric and mythological schema involving "love's arrows" or "love darts", the source of which was often the personified figure of Eros (or his Latin counterpart, Cupid), [6] or another deity (such as Rumor). [7]
Twenty-nine epigrams are attributed to Plato, mostly in the Greek Anthology.These are short poems suitable for dedicatory purposes written in the form of elegiac couplets. [1]
A Stellantis joint venture with Samsung SDI has won a commitment from the U.S. government for up to a $7.54 billion loan to help build two electric vehicle battery plants in Kokomo, Indiana. The ...
Donald Trump continues to threaten tariffs against foreign nations, this time toward a bloc of nine countries if they try to undermine the dollar's global dominance.
As the clock ticks down to 11:59 p.m. on December 20, the federal government faces the looming threat of a shutdown, leaving crucial agencies and services in limbo.
In semiotics, Khôra (also chora; Ancient Greek: χώρα) is the space that gives a place for being.The term has been used in philosophy by Plato to designate a receptacle (as a "third kind" [triton genos]; Timaeus 48e4), a space, a material substratum, or an interval.