critical quotations Flashcards
(16 cards)
Haynes on Sappho with love
“Sappho pathologizes love… it is a medical condition.”
Freeman on grass imagery
“Grass is associated with eroticism.”
Sheffield on the Symposium
“a connection between what people argue, and who they turn out to be.”
foundation
Gloyn on the rules of Stoic love
must not stray from the “importance of virtue… the underlying foundation of a relationship.”
Gloyn on the possibility of love with Seneca
“Seneca believes it is possible to love another person without giving in to irrationality.”
Sum on what the Ars truly is
“basically a guide to love, sex, adultery, etc.”
James on the nature of love in the Ars
“more concerned with sex and game playing than with relationships of genuine, shared feeling.”
Motto on Seneca and friendship
“For Seneca, true love is analogous to an ideal friendship.”
“Sappho pathologizes love… it is a medical condition.”
Haynes on Sappho with love
“Grass is associated with eroticism.”
Freeman on grass imagery
“a connection between what people argue, and who they turn out to be.”
Sheffield on the Symposium
must not stray from the “importance of virtue… the underlying foundation of a relationship.”
foundation
Gloyn on the rules of Stoic love
“Seneca believes it is possible to love another person without giving in to irrationality.”
Gloyn on the possibility of love with Seneca
“basically a guide to love, sex, adultery, etc.”
Sum on what the Ars truly is
“more concerned with sex and game playing than with relationships of genuine, shared feeling.”
James on the nature of love in the Ars
“For Seneca, true love is analogous to an ideal friendship.”
Motto on Seneca and friendship
