Add to ORKGTo many people love is special, sacred even. Love plays a countless number of roles for a countless number of people. Contemporary ideas about love, however, are more in alignment with the philosophies of Aristotle, and not of Plato. Aristotle held that love could exist as many people see it today – wishing well for others purely for their own sake. But Plato disagreed. Plato claimed that love was a way by which one could better themselves and become wiser. In this thesis, I explain Plato’s theory of love put forth in the Symposium. I also explore the textual evidence for the selfish nature of Plato’s love
In his dialogues, Plato presents different ways in which to understand the relation between Forms an...
A brief history, overview, and assessment of the thesis that beauty is the object of love
When people now talk about a relationship as being “Platonic”, they mean that the relationship is a ...
This is a study of love (erōs) in Plato’s Symposium. It’s a study undertaken over three chapters, ea...
International audiencePlato's Dialogues continue to challenge our common definition of love. Whereas...
My two main purposes in this thesis are to clarify the essential meanings\ud of love and to understa...
In his dialogues, Plato presents different ways in which to understand the relation between Forms a...
What is it that we really love when we love an individual person, and to what extent are we egoistic...
Plato\u27s Symposium is widely regarded as among the most influential of Plato\u27s dialogues. The S...
This article investigates the internal structure of ἔρως, as it is conceptualized in Plato’s Symposi...
Plato’s dialogues, the Symposium, and Phaedrus, provide a reasonableexplanation of love. G. Vlastos ...
Very few philosophers have tried to deal with the question of love like a necessary subject to renew...
The concept “love” can refer to different types of relationships. We use it when talking about our f...
Socrates’ eros model, St. Paul’s agape model, and Aristophanes’ shared-identity model have different...
Plato’s Symposium strives to resolve the tension between physical and moral love. After characterizi...
In his dialogues, Plato presents different ways in which to understand the relation between Forms an...
A brief history, overview, and assessment of the thesis that beauty is the object of love
When people now talk about a relationship as being “Platonic”, they mean that the relationship is a ...
This is a study of love (erōs) in Plato’s Symposium. It’s a study undertaken over three chapters, ea...
International audiencePlato's Dialogues continue to challenge our common definition of love. Whereas...
My two main purposes in this thesis are to clarify the essential meanings\ud of love and to understa...
In his dialogues, Plato presents different ways in which to understand the relation between Forms a...
What is it that we really love when we love an individual person, and to what extent are we egoistic...
Plato\u27s Symposium is widely regarded as among the most influential of Plato\u27s dialogues. The S...
This article investigates the internal structure of ἔρως, as it is conceptualized in Plato’s Symposi...
Plato’s dialogues, the Symposium, and Phaedrus, provide a reasonableexplanation of love. G. Vlastos ...
Very few philosophers have tried to deal with the question of love like a necessary subject to renew...
The concept “love” can refer to different types of relationships. We use it when talking about our f...
Socrates’ eros model, St. Paul’s agape model, and Aristophanes’ shared-identity model have different...
Plato’s Symposium strives to resolve the tension between physical and moral love. After characterizi...
In his dialogues, Plato presents different ways in which to understand the relation between Forms an...
A brief history, overview, and assessment of the thesis that beauty is the object of love
When people now talk about a relationship as being “Platonic”, they mean that the relationship is a ...