PHIL 2170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Philia, Storge, Anger
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Associated with the love that god has for humans. Christianity can be thought of as a sect of hellenized judaism. We see in augustine"s writing one way of taking socrates" lesson in the symposium. This is still considered compatible with god"s love for humanity. Lust, or bodily desire is taken to be punishment for sin (particularly the fall of humanity from grace) Pain of the flesh is a vexation of the soul arising from the flesh[it] is not preceded by anything like fear on the part of the flesh that is felt in the flesh before the pain. Pleasure, however, is preceded by a certain craving that is felt in the flesh as its own desire (45) Lust is completely unreasonable: it intrudes uninvited, or deserts the panting lover, and although desire is ablaze in the mind, the body is frigid (46)
