Distinction between Common Love and Heavenly Love
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The "Distinction between Common Love and Heavenly Love" is Pausanias’ influential philosophical division in Plato’s Symposium between a base, purely physical form of love and a higher, virtuous love directed toward the soul and moral excellence.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Distinction between Common Love and Heavenly Love Context triple: [Pausanias, knownFor, Distinction between Common Love and Heavenly Love]
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A.
Love and Saint Augustine
Love and Saint Augustine is Hannah Arendt’s early philosophical study examining the concept of love in the thought of Saint Augustine and its implications for human existence and political life.
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B.
The Love of Learning Leads to the Love of God
"The Love of Learning Leads to the Love of God" is a humanistic, faith-inflected academic motto expressing the idea that intellectual inquiry and the pursuit of knowledge ultimately guide one toward a deeper spiritual understanding of the divine.
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C.
The Love of God
"The Love of God" is a Christian worship song, notably recorded by the band MercyMe, that reflects on the vastness and depth of God's love.
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D.
Part I: The Unity of Love in Creation and in Salvation History
"Part I: The Unity of Love in Creation and in Salvation History" is the opening section of Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical Deus Caritas Est, exploring how divine and human love are unified and revealed throughout creation and the biblical history of salvation.
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E.
God Is Love
God Is Love is the English title of Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical, which reflects on the nature of Christian love and charity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Distinction between Common Love and Heavenly Love Target entity description: The "Distinction between Common Love and Heavenly Love" is Pausanias’ influential philosophical division in Plato’s Symposium between a base, purely physical form of love and a higher, virtuous love directed toward the soul and moral excellence.
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A.
Love and Saint Augustine
Love and Saint Augustine is Hannah Arendt’s early philosophical study examining the concept of love in the thought of Saint Augustine and its implications for human existence and political life.
-
B.
The Love of Learning Leads to the Love of God
"The Love of Learning Leads to the Love of God" is a humanistic, faith-inflected academic motto expressing the idea that intellectual inquiry and the pursuit of knowledge ultimately guide one toward a deeper spiritual understanding of the divine.
-
C.
The Love of God
"The Love of God" is a Christian worship song, notably recorded by the band MercyMe, that reflects on the vastness and depth of God's love.
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D.
Part I: The Unity of Love in Creation and in Salvation History
"Part I: The Unity of Love in Creation and in Salvation History" is the opening section of Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical Deus Caritas Est, exploring how divine and human love are unified and revealed throughout creation and the biblical history of salvation.
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E.
God Is Love
God Is Love is the English title of Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical, which reflects on the nature of Christian love and charity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
concept in ancient Greek philosophy
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philosophical distinction ⓘ theme in Plato's Symposium ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Plato's Symposium ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | ancient Greek culture ⓘ |
| basedOn | distinction between body and soul ⓘ |
| characterizesCommonLoveAs |
concerned with physical beauty
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indiscriminate in its objects ⓘ |
| characterizesHeavenlyLoveAs |
concerned with character and intellect
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selective and discriminating ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
education of the beloved
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pursuit of wisdom through love ⓘ |
| distinguishes |
base love
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love directed to the body ⓘ love directed to the soul ⓘ noble love ⓘ |
| evaluatesAsBase |
love seeking pleasure only
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purely physical desire ⓘ |
| evaluatesAsNoble |
love oriented toward virtue
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love seeking moral excellence ⓘ |
| formulatedBy | Pausanias ⓘ |
| goalOfHeavenlyLove |
care for the soul
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cultivation of virtue ⓘ moral improvement of the beloved ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Common Love
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Heavenly Love ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalDomain |
ethics
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moral psychology ⓘ philosophy of love ⓘ |
| historicalReception |
influential in Western literary treatments of love
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widely discussed in classical scholarship ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian conceptions of caritas and cupiditas
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Renaissance philosophy of love ⓘ later theories of eros ⓘ modern discussions of higher and lower love ⓘ |
| interpretedAs | early articulation of Platonic hierarchy of loves ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Plato's Symposium
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surface form:
Pausanias' speech in Plato's Symposium
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| languageOfExpression | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| philosophicalFunction |
framework for distinguishing higher and lower forms of desire
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normative evaluation of erotic relationships ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Eros (primordial)
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surface form:
Eros
Platonic love ⓘ virtue ethics ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Classical Greece ⓘ |
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