""Love is joy with the accompanying idea of an external cause."" Spinoza's definition of love (Ethics Book 3, Prop. LIX) manifests a major paradigm shift achieved by seventeenth century Europe in which the emotions, formerly seen as normative ""forces of nature, "" were embraced…
The concept of love in 17th and 18th century philosophy
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""Love is joy with the accompanying idea of an external cause." Spinoza's definition of love manifests a major paradigm shift achieved by seventeenth-century Europe, in which the emotions, formerly seen as normative "forces of nature," were embraced by the new science of the min…
""Love is joy with the accompanying idea of an external cause."" Spinoza's definition of love (Ethics Book 3, Prop. LIX) manifests a major paradigm shift achieved by seventeenth century Europe in which the emotions, formerly seen as normative ""forces of nature, "" were embraced…
La théorie de l'amour et du désir de M. Onfray s'inscrit dans la philosophie hédoniste. Il récuse l'idée de l'amour comme signe de manque, de vide, que le sentiment vient remplir, pour privilégier la tradition qui pense l'amour et le désir comme des surcroîts de plénitude. Cette…
Understanding love: philosophy, film, and fiction
This collection of original essays, written by scholars from disciplines across the humanities, addresses a wide range of questions about love through a focus on individual films, novels, plays, and works of philosophy. Many varieties of love are discussed, among them, friendshi…
This collection of original essays, written by scholars from disciplines across the humanities, addresses a wide range of questions about love through a focus on individual films, novels, plays, and works of philosophy. Many varieties of love are discussed, among them, friendshi…
""The word 'love' is most often defined as a noun, yet we would all love better if we used it as a verb," writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire in All About Love. Here, at her most provocative and intensely personal, renowned scholar, cultural critic and femini…
