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Platonic love
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Phraseologism: Platonic love.
Meaning: An elevated relationship based on spiritual attraction and romantic sensuality (about the feeling of love), without basely sensual physical attraction.
Origin: The expression comes from the name of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato (427-348 BC), who, in his essay in the form of a dialogue called "Feast", put arguments about this kind of love in the mouth of a character named Pausanias. The latter understands by it "ideal" love - purely spiritual.
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And yet, he will reach certain degrees.
Meaning:
About those who please in front of someone.
Origin:
Quote from A. S. Griboyedov's comedy "Woe from Wit" (1824), d. 1, yavl. 7, the words of Chatsky: "But by the way, he will reach the known degrees, / After all, now they love the dumb." An expression close to this in the poem by I. I. Dmitriev "Fashionable Wife" (1792): "He crawled, but crawled, and beat with his forehead // And, finally, with such an innocent craft - // Crawled to the degree of a known person." |
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