Sammendrag av The Symposium, Part VIII
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In VIII, Socrates praises love rooted in character rather than bodily desire, using Callias’s attachment to Autolycus to argue that true affection encourages virtue in both partners. He urges Callias to study leadership and serve Athens, and Callias asks for his help in entering public life.
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- The Syracusan leaves to arrange the entertainment, and Socrates begins discussing Love through the attachments of the guests.
- Antisthenes declares his love for Socrates, who answers playfully before praising Callias’s attraction to Autolycus’s character.
- Socrates argues that affection for the soul sustains friendship, while bodily attraction fades and can encourage selfishness.
- He uses divine and heroic examples, military customs, and questions about trust to defend character-based love.
- Socrates urges Callias to pursue knowledge and leadership worthy of Autolycus’s ambition for honor.
- Callias asks Socrates to introduce him to public affairs, and Socrates makes genuine virtue the condition of lasting esteem.

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“Sammendrag av The Symposium, Part VIII.” Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/nb/pages/the-symposium-part-8-summary.
Library of Alexandria. (2026). Sammendrag av The Symposium, Part VIII. https://libraryofalexandria.com/nb/pages/the-symposium-part-8-summary
“Sammendrag av The Symposium, Part VIII.” Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/nb/pages/the-symposium-part-8-summary.
@misc{the_symposium_part_8_summary_2026,
title = {Sammendrag av The Symposium, Part VIII},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/nb/pages/the-symposium-part-8-summary}
}

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