person
Socrates
Athenian philosopher (469-399 BC); in Plato's Symposium he relays Diotima's teaching that Eros is a daimon, a spirit between god and man. Rilke invokes that teaching for the made thing.
Reading notes
- Auguste Rodin §86 Socrates
Athenian philosopher (469-399 BC); in Plato's Symposium he relays Diotima's teaching that Eros is a daimon, a spirit between god and man.