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1024:, or pedagogic pederasty, was apparently known since 200 years before Plato. Originally, according to Aristophanes, each human being had two heads, four arms, and four legs, before Zeus decided to split every person in two. After everyone was split, each half searched for their other half, to make themselves whole again. Some people were originally half-male and half-female, and when Zeus split them they became men and women who sought opposite-sex partners. Some people were originally all-female, and they split into females who sought female partners. Some were all-male, and they split into males who sought other males. 1095: 131: 1056:" in this original sense can be attained by the intellectual purification of eros from carnal into ideal form. Plato argues there that eros is initially felt for a person, but with contemplation it can become an appreciation for the beauty within that person, or even an appreciation for beauty itself in an ideal sense. As Plato expresses it, eros can help the soul to "remember" beauty in its pure form. It follows from this, for Plato, that eros can contribute to an understanding of truth. 96: 36: 999:, the social status of women was stronger and the marital rituals were solemnized. There was an elaborate preparation for the first night after the marriage, while the man in a symbolic rite had to abduct his future wife before the official ceremony, while she had her hair cut short and dressed in boy's clothes. The ideal outcome of marital eros in Sparta was the birth of a healthy boy. 1919:, canto 1, strophe 29; translation by Nathaniel Edward Griffin and Arthur Beckwith Myrick, p. 147. According to Griffin: "In the description of the enamorment of Troilus is a singular blending of the Provençal conception of the eyes as the birthplace of love with the classical idea of the God of Love with his bows and quiver..." (ibid., p.77, note 2). 1059:
Eros, understood in this sense, differed considerably from the common meaning of the word in the Greek language of Plato's time. It also differed from the meaning of the word in contemporary literature and poetry. For Plato, eros is neither purely human nor purely divine: it is something intermediate
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did not consider physical attraction to be a necessary part of eros. According to Plato, eros could be diverted to philosophy (inclusive of mathematical, ethical and ascetical training), rather than dissipated in sexuality, for the purpose of using erotic energy as a vehicle for the transformation of
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In essence, Jung's concept of eros is not dissimilar to the Platonic one. Eros is ultimately the desire for wholeness, and although it may initially take the form of passionate love, it is more truly a desire for "psychic relatedness", a desire for interconnection and interaction with other sentient
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Whether by "first sight" or by other routes, passionate love often had disastrous results according to the classical authors. In the event that the loved one was cruel or uninterested, this desire was shown to drive the lover into a state of depression, causing lamentation and illness. Occasionally,
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Its main characteristic is permanent aspiration and desire. Even when it seems to give, eros continues to be a "desire to possess", but nevertheless it is different from a purely sensual love in being the love that tends towards the sublime. According to Plato, the gods do not love, because they do
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in the same work, where Paris says that his love for Helen came upon him before he had set eyes on her: "...you were my heart's desire before you were known to me. I beheld your features with my soul ere I saw them with my eyes; rumour, that told me of you, was the first to deal my wound."
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Paradoxically, for Plato, the object of eros does not have to be physically beautiful. This is because the object of eros is beauty, and the greatest beauty is eternal, whereas physical beauty is in no way eternal. However, if the lover achieves possession of the beloved's
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There are few written records of women's lives and loves in ancient Greece. Nevertheless, some historians have suggested that women may have been the objects of love more often than was previously believed and that men's love for women may have been an ideal. In
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According to this description, love originates upon the eyes of the lady when encountered by those of her future lover. The love thus generated is conveyed on bright beams of light from her eyes to his, through which it passes to take up its abode in his
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the loved one was depicted as an unwitting ensnarer of the lover, because of her sublime beauty—a "divine curse" which inspires men to kidnap her or try to rape her. Stories in which unwitting men catch sight of the naked body of
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that initially blind the conscious ego. "Taking back the projections" is a major task in the work of individuation, which involves owning and subjectivizing unconscious forces which are initially regarded as alien.
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of the human psyche. Syzygy refers to the split between male and female. According to Jung, this split is recapitulated in the unconscious mind by means of "contrasexual" (opposite-gendered) elements called the
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to be "diametrically opposed" with regard to eros. In Plato, eros is a spiritual energy initially, which then "falls" downward; whereas in Freud eros is a physical energy which is "sublimated" upward.
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The rhetorical antithesis between the pleasure and pain from love's dart continued through the 17th century, as for example, in these classically inspired images from
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for men involves becoming conscious of the anima and learning to accept it as one's own, which entails accepting eros. This is necessary in order to see beyond the
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translated by Grant Showerman. Second edition revised by G.P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1986), IV, 67-70, p 49.
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200-1). For this reason they do not have a direct relationship with man; it is only the mediation of eros that allows the connecting of a relationship (
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as an influence. He then goes on to confront his adversaries for ignoring such great precursors and for tainting his whole theory of eros with a
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In his 1925 paper "The Resistances to Psycho-Analysis", Freud explains that the psychoanalytic concept of sexual energy is more in line with the
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tradition. The role of a woman's eyes in eliciting erotic desire was particularly emphasized by the Provençal poets, as N. E. Griffin states:
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translated by Grant Showerman, second edition revised by G.P. Goold (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1986), XVI, 36-38, pp. 199-201.
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not experience desires, inasmuch as their desires are all satisfied. They can thus only be an object, not a subject of love (
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the dominance of man in the marital relationship is expressed by figures such as the prominent Greek statesman and general
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beings. However, Jung was inconsistent, and he did sometimes use the word "eros" as a shorthand to designate sexuality.
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For a critical perspective on this viewpoint, which also summarizes the Jungian position well, see James Hillman,
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are not distinct kinds of love, but are separate halves of complete love, unified as both a giving and receiving.
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tendency. He finally writes that his theory naturally explains this collective misunderstanding as a predictable
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These images continued to be circulated and elaborated upon in the literature and iconography of the
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involving "love's arrows" or "love darts", the source of which was often the personified figure of
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in a much wider sense, almost as an equivalent to "life energy". The Protestant philosopher
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concept of eros which would prove to be very influential in modern times. In general,
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In the classical world, erotic love was generally referred to as a kind of madness or
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risks being downgraded to mere sex if it is not balanced by an element of spiritual
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In some medieval texts, the gaze of a beautiful woman is compared to the sight of a
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appropriated the Freudian concept of eros for his highly influential 1955 work
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For more on these tropes in the Ancient Greek novel, see Françoise Létoublon,
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For a full discussion of the scene of "love at first sight" in fiction, see
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which frequently refer to the overwhelming passion caused by Cupid's darts.
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203). Eros is thus the way that leads man to divinity, but not vice versa.
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Cornford, F.M. (1950), "The Doctrine of Eros in Plato's Symposium", in
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could be expressed in modern terms as psychic relatedness, and that of
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The classical conception of love's arrows was developed further by the
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Les Lieux communs du roman: Stéréotypes grecs d'aventure et d'amour
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One Hundred Years of Homosexuality: And Other Essays on Greek Love
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all have influence on Roman Catholic marital teachings regarding
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Ancient Greek philosophical concept of sensual or passionate love
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Anonymous, "If Love's a Sweet Passion", from the libretto of
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Freud, S. (1925). "The Resistances to Psycho-Analysis", in
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of eros and logos is a consequence of Jung's theory of the
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to the acknowledgement of sexual activity in childhood.
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discusses three of the four greek relationship terms:
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That at once it both wounds me, and Tickles my Heart.
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The Message Remix: The Bible in Contemporary Language
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is the mutual love between friends. He explains that
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See the introduction by Nathaniel Edward Griffin to
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Since I suffer with pleasure, why should I complain,
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Eros (love)
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Protestant
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Jacques-Louis David
a series
Love
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Affection
Bonding
Broken heart
Compassionate love
Conjugal love
Courtly love
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troubadours
Falling in love
Friendship
cross-sex
romantic
zone
Interpersonal attraction
Interpersonal relationship
Intimacy
Limerence
Love addiction
Love at first sight

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