Wherefore let us exhort all men to piety, that we may avoid evil, and obtain the good, of which Love is to us the lord and minister; and let no one oppose him-he is the enemy of the gods who oppose him. For if we are friends of the God and at peace with him we shall find our own true loves, which rarely happens in this world at present.

- Aristophanes, from Plato's Symposium.


Love is the lord and minister of the good, for men and women. Love is perhaps above the good, but only "to us." Love teaches the good to men and women. Piety comes before the discovery of the true loves. Piety opens us up to Love, which then leads us to the good.