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Old 10-22-2009, 02:21 PM   #1
joelnwil
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I believe it is in Plato's Symposium where he says that a soldier will fight better if his lover is at his side, because he will not want to seem cowardly in front of his lover.
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Old 10-22-2009, 04:40 PM   #2
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I believe it is in Plato's Symposium where he says that a soldier will fight better if his lover is at his side, because he will not want to seem cowardly in front of his lover.
If his lover is "at his side", how can he "penetrate" enemy lines?


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