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1 Intro|   discourse, half playful, half serious, which I dedicate to the
2 Intro|     poetry, the playful and the serious, are so subtly intermingled
3 Intro|         alluding playfully to a serious problem of Greek philosophy (
4 Intro| disguises under comic imagery a serious purpose; of Agathon, who
5 Intro| earnestness in this jest; three serious principles seem to be insinuated:—
6 Text |     this world at present. I am serious, and therefore I must beg
7 Text |      this man has grown quite a serious matter to me. Since I became
8 Text |        and looked within at his serious purpose, I saw in him divine
9 Text |         purpose, which is quite serious, and do you consider what