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Book I Chapter 9 · I.9.5–I.9.7
Ancient Greek
p. 2725 Ἡσιόδου
6 Παρμενίδου
7 ⟨Ἀδήλου συγγραφέως⟩
Οὐχ ἡ ἀνάγκη μόνον καὶ τὸ δόγμα ἀγαθοὺς εἶναι ἐξορμᾷ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅπερ ἐξεργάζεται τὰ μέγιστα τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων, ἔρως· οὗτος καὶ τὴν ἀρετὴν τελεσίδρομον εἶναι ποιεῖ.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 9
p. 2735 Hesiod, Theogony (116, 117, 120)
First of all Chaos came to be; then ⟨broad-breasted Earth, the ever-secure seat of all,⟩ and Love, most beautiful among the immortal gods.306
6 Parmenides
Love was devised first of all the gods.307
7 ⟨An unidentified writer⟩
It is not only necessity and conviction that spur us to be good, but also what accomplishes the greatest things in human life: love. Love also makes virtue run its course to the finish.308
Socrates
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