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1、PracticalPhilosophyNovember2001Plato’stheoryofLove:RationalityasPassionLydiaAmir'I…professtounderstandnothingbutmattersoflove.'times,whenduetotheireducationandtopoliticalSocratesinPlato’sSymposium.changes,womenearnedtherighttoloveandtobelovedasequalstomen.IntroductionOneofthem
2、ostinfluentialtraditionsofloveintheWhenonedispelsthesemisunderstandingsrelatedtotheWesternworldisPlatonism.OriginatingwithPlato’spopularnotionofPlatoniclove,onefindsagreatrichnesswritingsonlove(mainlytheSymposiumwhoseexplicitanddepthinPlato’stheoryoflove.Inexplainingwhysubject
3、isthenatureofloveandPhaedrus,butalsotheloveissoimportanttousandyetwhyitfailsussooften,RepublicandtheLaws),thetraditionflourishedthroughPlato’sviewofloveseemsapplicabletoourtime.ItisAristotle,Plotinusandtherevivalofneo-PlatonisminthecommonknowledgethataveryhighrateofdivorceRena
4、issance.ButPlato’sinfluenceexpandedbeyondthethreatensourmarriages.Weexpectalotfromthesexualtraditionhestarted:theCourtlyLoveoftheMiddle-Ages,passionwecalllove,butusuallyendupdisappointedtheRomanticismofthe19thcentury,importantwhentheromancegoesaway.Yetwekeepgettingcharacterist
5、icsofreligiousloveandevenmanyFreudianmarried,thinkingthatwearegoingtobetheonesthatideasarerootedinhistheoryoflove(deRougemont,willbeatthesystem.Ifwefail,wechangeourpartnerand1983).Today,interestinPlato’sviewofloveisbeingtryagain.Weendupourlovelifeaswebeganit,renewed(Nussbaum,2
6、001,chapt.6;Levy,1979;Vlastos,confused,afraidandasdisappointedaswewerehopeful.1973;Moravicsik,1972).ThemalaisethatcharacterisesourlovelivesnaturallyInthepopularmindPlatonismisassociatedwiththefindsitswaytothephilosophicalconsultingroom.InthisconceptofPlatoniclove,whichisunders
7、toodtodayasapaperIshallattempttoshowhowPlato’sviewoflovecannon-sexualrelationshipbetweenheterosexualfriends.AsbehelpfulbothindispellingourconfusionaboutloveandtheconceptofPlatonicloveisfarfromdoingjusticetoinproposingsomesolutionstooursuffering.Plato’scomplextheoryofloveandsex
8、,Frenchscholarsfoundithelpfultodistinguishbetweenamourplatoni
