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The Philosophy of (Erotic) Love
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Description for The Philosophy of (Erotic) Love
Paperback. Love, elusive and philosophically intractable as it is, has long fascinated philosophers. In this collection of classic and modern writings on the topic of erotic love, the editors choose excerpts from the great philosophical texts and combine them with works of contemporary philosophers. Editor(s): Solomon, Professor Robert C.; Higgins, Kathleen Marie. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; JMU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 734.
What does philosophy know of love? From Plato on, philosophers have struggled to pin love to the dissecting table and view it in the cold light of logic. Yet, as Arthur Danto writes in the foreword to this volume, "how incorrigibly stiff philosophy is when it undertakes to lay its icy fingers on the frilled and beating wings of the butterfly of love."
Love, elusive and philosophically intractable as it is, has long fascinated philosophers. In this collection of classic and modern writings on the topic of erotic love, Robert Solomon and Kathleen Higgins have chosen excerpts from the ... Read more
What does philosophy know of love? From Plato on, philosophers have struggled to pin love to the dissecting table and view it in the cold light of logic. Yet, as Arthur Danto writes in the foreword to this volume, "how incorrigibly stiff philosophy is when it undertakes to lay its icy fingers on the frilled and beating wings of the butterfly of love."
Love, elusive and philosophically intractable as it is, has long fascinated philosophers. In this collection of classic and modern writings on the topic of erotic love, Robert Solomon and Kathleen Higgins have chosen excerpts from the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700604807
SKU
V9780700604807
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Reviews for The Philosophy of (Erotic) Love
A feast for the intellect. The book is equally a delight for the mature scholar’s philosophical reflection on a subject that interests all human beings as it is for the beginning student’s use in the philosophy classroom as topical reader." —Canadian Philosophical Reviews "[The book] is suitable for undergraduates, graduates students, and scholars. Alone or with other texts, it ... Read more