Eros, agape, and philia : readings in the philosophy of Love / edited by Alan Soble.

Other author Soble, Alan, editor.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
PublicationNew York, N.Y. : Paragon House, 1989.
Copyright Date© 1989
Descriptionxxv, 305 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Love.

Contents An introduction to the philosophy of love / Alan Soble -- Where we are : introduction / Alan Soble -- On falling in love / Geoffrey Gorer -- Women, men, and intimacy / Lillian B. Rubin -- Love in a sexist society / Shulamith Firestone -- Classical sources : introduction / Alan Soble -- Socrates speaks at a banquet / Plato -- Perfect friendship / Aristotle -- Sexuality and love / Saint Paul -- Exploring the classics : introduction / Alan Soble -- Agape and eros / Anders Nygren -- The individual as an object of love in Plato / Gregory Vlastos -- The nature of love / John A. Brentlinger -- Platonic love / L.A. Kosman -- Friends as ends in themselves / Neera Kapur Badhwar -- Contemporary analysis : introduction / Alan Soble.
Contents A conceptual investigation of love / W. Newton-Smith -- The phenomena of love and hate / D.W. Hamlyn -- Marital faithfulness / Susan Mendus -- The commandability of pathological love / Robert W. Burch -- Personal love / Robert R. Ehman -- Sex, love, and justice : a problem in moral education / Joseph A. Diorio -- For Anne Gregory / W.B. Yeats -- What is the self? / Blaise Pascal -- Two love sonnets / William Shakespeare -- Of friendship / Michel de Montaigne -- Letter to Chanut / René Descartes -- A love sonnet / John Berryman.
Abstract "For centuries, popular writers and respected scholars have written about and analyzed the phenomenon of love without exhausting its potential for contemporary debate. By representing the three major traditions in the philosophy of love -- Platonic eros, Christian agape, and Aristotelian philia -- editor Alan Soble has not only examined the intellectual problem of what "love" is, but has designed a dialogue among the three traditions in genuine philosophical style. "Eros is acquisitive, egocentric or even selfish; agape is a giving love. Eros is an unconstant, unfaithful love, while agape is unwavering and continues to give despite ingratitude. Eros is a love that responds to the merit or value of its object; while agape creates value in its object as a result of loving it... Finally, eros is an ascending love, the human's route to God; agape is a descending love, God's route to humans... Philia is caught between eros and agape."-From the Introduction to Eros, Agape and Philia.--back cover
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Issued in other formOnline version: Eros, agape, and philia. 1st ed. New York, N.Y. : Paragon House, 1989
Issued in other formOnline version: Eros, agape, and philia. 1st ed. New York, N.Y. : Paragon House, 1989
LCCN 89034674
ISBN1557782784 (paperback)
ISBN9781557782786 (paperback)

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Joyner General Stacks BD436 .E76 1989 ✔ Available Place Hold