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Thinking about love is difficult, as Hafez and Rumi both insist. An examination of Plato's Symposium reveals the perspectives of Phaedrus and Pausanias: from the ancient lineage of love and the courage of the lover, to the distinction between earthly and heavenly love, and the justification of any act for the sake of union.