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Plato’s theory of Love: Rationality as Passion
Practical Philosophy November 2001 6 Plato s theory of love : Rationality as Passion Lydia Amir 'I .. profess to understand nothing but matters of love .' Socrates in Plato s Symposium. Introduction One of the most influential traditions of love in the Western world is Platonism. Originating with Plato s writings on love (mainly the Symposium whose explicit subject is the nature of love and Phaedrus, but also the Republic and the Laws), the tradition flourished through Aristotle, Plotinus and the revival of neo-Platonism in the Renaissance. But Plato s influence expanded beyond the tradition he started: the Courtly love of the Middle-Ages, the Romanticism of the 19th century, important characteristics of religious love and even many Freudian ideas are rooted in his theory of love (de Rougemont, 1983).
Plato’s theory of Love: Rationality as Passion Lydia Amir 'I … profess to understand nothing but matters of love.' Socrates in Plato’s Symposium. Introduction One of the most influential traditions of love in the Western world is Platonism. Originating with Plato’s writings on love (mainly the Symposium whose explicit
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