Dialogues · Character
Pausanias
Agathon's older lover, who argues that love is only noble when it is virtuous and that Athenian law should distinguish between two kinds of it.
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First appearance: Symposium
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Delivers a speech distinguishing between heavenly and common love, emphasizing virtue and the improvement of the soul.
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Pausanias speaks as a man with a personal stake in the question, defending a refined and lawful love while his relationship with Agathon sits visibly in the room. He draws careful distinctions between common and…
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