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> [“For Plato, the quickening of the heart that occurred when a person saw his or her loved one was just a step in the ascent to true love, which could happen only in the mind, after the lover comprehended what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-amidon/for-plato-the-quickening-of-the-heart-that-occurred-when-a-person-saw/)

Stephen Amidon

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## More by Stephen Amidon

> [“For Plato, the quickening of the heart that occurred when a person saw his or her loved one was just a step in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-amidon/for-plato-the-quickening-of-the-heart-that-occurred-when-a-person-saw/)

Stephen Amidon

> [“Fall asleep reading a good book and you enter a world of dreams; fall asleep in a film and you miss the end.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-amidon/fall-asleep-reading-a-good-book-and-you-enter-a-world-of-dreams-fall/)

Stephen Amidon

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