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> Plato says with an innocence possibly only for a Greek, not a "Christian", that there would be no philosophy at all if there were not such beautiful boys in Athens: It is only their sight that transposes the philosopher's soul into an erotic trance, leaving it no peace until it lowers the seed of all exalted things into such beautiful soil.

Nietzsche on Plato

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> Plato says with an innocence possibly only for a Greek, not a "Christian", that there would be no philosophy at all if there were not such beautiful boys in Athens: It is only their sight that transposes the philosopher's soul into an erotic trance, leaving it no peace until it lowers the seed of all exalted things into such beautiful soil.

Nietzsche on Plato