ladder of love, n.All

The Ladder of love (n.) starts ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠with one body and the beautiful ideas begotten there, then sees that one body's beauty is brother to every other's.

The Ladder of love (n.) climbs ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠from bodies to souls, to customs and laws, to kinds of knowledge — until the lover, turned to the great sea of beauty, gives birth to many glorious ideas.