god
Eros
Greek god of love; in Plato's Symposium a daimon between god and man, not beautiful himself but pure love of beauty and longing for it. Rilke likens the made thing to him.
Reading notes
- Auguste Rodin §86 Eros
In Plato's Symposium, Eros is a daimon - not beautiful himself, but the pure love of beauty and the longing for it; Rilke likens the made thing to him.