Eros, Agape and Philia Readings in the Philosophy of Love

Name: Eros, Agape and Philia Readings in the Philosophy of Love
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ISBN: 9781557782786

ISBN-10: 1557782784

ISBN-13: 9781557782786

Edition: 1998

Authors: Alan Soble, Alan Soble

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The philosophy of loveFor 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…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
Publication date: 8/6/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 330
Size: 9.00" wide x 5.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Also By Alan Soble


Preface


An Introduction To The Philosophy Of Love


Notes



Where We Are


Notes


On Falling in Love


Women, Men, and Intimacy


Notes


Love in a Sexist Society


Notes


Suggested Readings, Section I



Classical Sources


Notes


Socrates Speaks at a Banquet


Notes


Perfect Friendship


Notes


Sexuality and Love


Notes


Suggested Readings, Section II



Exploring The Classics


Notes


Agape and Eros


Notes


The Individual as an Object of Love in Plato


Notes


Appendix


Notes


Bibliography


Abbreviations


Glossary For Vlastos


Notes



Appendix


The Nature of Love


Notes


Platonic Love


Notes


Greek Glossary For Kosman


Friends as Ends in Themselves


Notes


Suggested Readings, Section III



Contemporary Analysis


Notes


A Conceptual Investigation of Love


Notes


The Phenomena of Love and Hate


Marital Faithfulness


Notes


The Commandability of Pathological Love


Notes


Personal Love


Note


Sex, Love, and Justice: a Problem in Moral Education


Notes


Suggested Readings, Section IV


Appendix: Discussion Material


For Anne Gregory


Note


What is the Self?


Notes


Two Love Sonnets


Notes


Of Friendship


Notes


Letter to Chanut


Note


A Love Sonnet


Note