A Question For the Dudes...

[Conrad_Jalowski]

As a Platonist at heart, I respect the self-autonomy and the courage, strength and beauty of women. When I say beauty, I do not mean a physically attractive individual. The flesh dilapidates or decays due to senescence and is unworthy but the soul is immortal; the divine spark within each individual is a scintillating ray that shines forth and illuminates the flesh creating a truly beautiful individual, or woman as in this case.

As a budding philosopher and as a Platonist I am not interested in relationships of any kind: it is not for me. Here is the reason: according to Platonic theory, an individual is a charioteer pulled by two horses; the charioteer is logos or wisdom/reason and maintains the equipollence or the balance of powers between the two horses. One horse is eros or desire/lust and other base and vulgar qualities; the opposing horse is thymos or emotion, spiritedness, etc. With only eros or lascivious passions [sexual lust], the individual degenerates and is a slave of their own passions/desires. With only thymos, the individual falls to hubris and is obsequious to such chains of servitude. With logos in control, there is a balance as opposed to disequilibrium, with knowledge being the nourishment of the soul as opposed to lasciviousness and hubris.

I hope to remain celibate throughout my life as such a topic does not interest me and is less important than my intellectual endeavours. However, what is remarkable in a woman is the personality as opposed to mere flesh alone: kindness, high intelligence, confidence, and great conviction of opinion and spirit are the true pearls within this earth as opposed to physical looks alone which is common and unremarkable.