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“Of something, to be sure.”“Now then,” said Socrates, “keep carefully in mind what is the object of Love, and only tell me whether he desires the particular thing that is his object.”“Yes, to be sure,” he replied.“Has he or has he not the object of his desire and love when he desires and loves it?”“He does not have it, most likely,” he said.“Not as a likelihood,” said Socrates, “but as a necessity,
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 9 translated by Harold N. Fowler. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1925.
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