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the gymnasium and elsewhere-"
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"The current which Zeus
in love with Ganymede...
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called 'the stream of longing' -"
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Omit the reference
to the unspeakable vice of the Greeks.
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Ah. Yes, sir.
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"He- He is experiencing
a counterlove-
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"a reflection
of the love he inspires-
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"and he thinks of it
as friendship, not love.
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"Though, like his lover...
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"he feels a desire to see...
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to touch, to kiss him. "
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"The unspeakable vice of the Greeks"?
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The hypocrisy of the man.
He ought to lose his fellowship.
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- Oh, come on!
- No, as a point of pure scholarship.
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All the poor old dean can understand
is the physical act.
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- I'm not advocating that.
- Cold as a fish on a marble slab. See?
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- Shut up, Risley.
I'm trying to make a serious point...
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which is that a masculine love
of physical beauty and of moral beauty...
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and of the beauty
of the thirst for human knowledge -
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you omit that and you've omitted
the mainstay of Athenian society.
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It's as if our benighted dean
hadn't even read The Symposium.
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- You read it, Hall?
- No, no, you missed the point.
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You have to maintain
some standards of decency.
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No, you don't.
Not if they're propped up by tenth-hand opinion.
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- Typical of you, I may say.
- Western civilization...
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happens to be run on the principles
of Christ's doctrines, not Plato's bloody essences.
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What exactly do you mean by Christ's doctrines?
They're open to all sorts of interpretations.
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You know: The redemption, the Trinity.
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# Three in one #
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#And one in three #
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# Ruler of the earth and sea #
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# Hear us while #
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Damn Christ's doctrines.
I can't prove them...
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but they mean a lot to millions of people,
whatever you say.