ἵνα τί. Sc.
γένηται: for this colloquial use see Goodwin
G. M. T. § 331.
τέλος...ἔχειν. Because it is recognized
that εὐδαιμονία constitutes in itself the ethical
τέλος or “summum bonum”: cp.
Clit. 410E
“ἐμπόδιον τοῦ πρὸς τέλος ἀρετῆς ἐλθόντα εὐδαίμονα
γενέσθαι”
: Arist. E. N. I. 7. 1097^{a} 33 ἁπλῶς
δὴ τέλειον τὸ καθ᾽ αὑτὸ αἱρετὸν ἀεὶ...τοιοῦτον δ᾽ ἡ εὐδαιμονία μάλιστ᾽
εἶναι δοκεῖ. Cp. also 210 E
πρὸς τέλος ἤδη ἰών κτλ.
πάντας...ἀεί. Here ἀεί goes with βούλεσθαι, not with
αὑτοῖς εἶναι (as in 206 A below).
Τί δὴ οὖν
κτλ. Diotima here points out an apparent
contradiction between the previous conclusion (κοινὸν
πάντων) and common opinion, due to the ambiguity of the term ἔρως (ἐρᾶν) which is used
both in a generic and in a specific sense.
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