Note 308 — Chapter IX · (continued 2)

To put it otherwise in technical French, there is a little grivoiserie in him, but absolutely no polissonnerie, still less any cochonnerie. Or it may be put, best of all, in his own words when, in a short French-Greek dialogue, called La Volupté, he makes Aspasia say to Agathon, "Je vous crois fort voluptueux, sans vous croire débauché."