The Power Of Platonic Love

Author : Musiata Akafekwa,Erick Havoc
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798223544562

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The Power of Platonic Love by Musiata Akafekwa,Erick Havoc Pdf

Love is a complex and multifaceted emotion that has fascinated humanity for ages. In "The Power of Platonic Love," M.R. Akafekwa delves into the intricacies of love through the lens of Plato's philosophy, offering readers a guide to navigating the complexities of love and friendship with wisdom and insight. The book is divided into ten chapters, each exploring a different aspect of love and its significance in our lives. In Chapter 1, "The Nature of Love," Akafekwa provides a foundational understanding of love, setting the stage for the deeper exploration that follows. In Chapter 2, "Beyond Romance - The Complexities of Platonic Love," the author delves into the nuances of Platonic love, defining it and providing examples of its various forms, while also acknowledging the challenges and rewards of pursuing such a love. In Chapter 3, "The Psychology of Desire - How Love Shapes Our Lives," Akafekwa delves into how love shapes our desires and influences our behavior. He provides an overview of the concepts of desire and attraction, delving into the dark side of desire and the power of attraction, while also exploring the evolution of desire. Chapter 4, "Love and Relationships: Platonic vs. Romantic Love," delves into the roots of Platonic love and the nature of romantic love. Akafekwa compares and contrasts the two types of love, highlighting their differences and exploring the challenges and value of each. He also delves into balancing platonic and romantic love, providing insights and guidance on finding a harmonious equilibrium. In Chapter 5, "Spiritual Love: Transcending the Physical," Akafekwa delves into the deeper, more transcendent aspects of love beyond the physical realm. Chapter 6, "Love and Sex: Finding the Right Balance," explores the delicate balance between love and sex, providing insights on how to navigate this complex relationship. Chapter 7, "The Importance of Friendship: Plato's View on Companionship," delves into the significance of friendship in Plato's philosophy, exploring the different types of friendships and their value in our lives. In Chapter 8, "The Art of Courtship: Lessons from Ancient Greece," Akafekwa draws inspiration from ancient Greek traditions to provide insights and lessons on modern courtship. Chapter 9, "Love and Beauty: Exploring the Connection," delves into the concept of beauty and its connection to love, providing a deeper understanding of the aesthetic aspects of love. Finally, in Chapter 10, "The Quest for Wisdom: Finding Meaning in Love," Akafekwa brings the book to a close by exploring how the pursuit of wisdom can bring deeper meaning to our experiences of love. "The Power of Platonic Love" is a thought-provoking and insightful exploration of love and friendship through the lens of Plato's philosophy. Akafekwa offers readers a guide to understanding the complexities of love, providing practical insights, contemporary examples, and a fresh perspective on this timeless topic. Whether you're navigating the challenges of romantic relationships, seeking deeper connections through platonic love, or striving for wisdom in your pursuit of love, this book will inspire and enlighten you on your journey of love and friendship.

Author : Carl Séan O'Brien,John Dillon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108530095

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Platonic Love from Antiquity to the Renaissance by Carl Séan O'Brien,John Dillon Pdf

Platonic love is a concept that has profoundly shaped Western literature, philosophy and intellectual history for centuries. First developed in the Symposium and the Phaedrus, it was taken up by subsequent thinkers in antiquity, entered the theological debates of the Middle Ages, and played a key role in the reception of Neoplatonism and the etiquette of romantic relationships during the Italian Renaissance. In this wide-ranging reference work, a leading team of international specialists examines the Platonic distinction between higher and lower forms of eros, the role of the higher form in the ascent of the soul and the concept of Beauty. They also treat the possibilities for friendship and interpersonal love in a Platonic framework, as well as the relationship between love, rhetoric and wisdom. Subsequent developments are explored in Plutarch, Plotinus, Augustine, Pseudo-Dionysius, Eriugena, Aquinas, Ficino, della Mirandola, Castiglione and the contra amorem tradition.

Author : Sandol Stoddard,Sandol Stoddard Warburg
Publisher : Clarion Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Friendship
ISBN : 0547327889

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I Like You by Sandol Stoddard,Sandol Stoddard Warburg Pdf

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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1810
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018630002

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The Maid of Renmore: Or, Platonic Love; a Mock Heroic Romance, in Verse, with Burlesque Notes, Etc. [The Epistle Dedicatory Signed: Lorenzo.] by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kathryn Ormsbee
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781481489355

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Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee Pdf

From the author of Lucky Few comes a “refreshing” (Booklist, starred review) teen novel about Internet fame, peer pressure, and remembering not to step on the little people on your way to the top! After a shout-out from one of the Internet’s superstar vloggers, Natasha “Tash” Zelenka suddenly finds herself and her obscure, amateur web series, Unhappy Families, thrust in the limelight: She’s gone viral. Her show is a modern adaption of Anna Karenina—written by Tash’s literary love Count Lev Nikolayevich “Leo” Tolstoy. Tash is a fan of the 40,000 new subscribers, their gushing tweets, and flashy Tumblr gifs. Not so much the pressure to deliver the best web series ever. And when Unhappy Families is nominated for a Golden Tuba award, Tash’s cyber-flirtation with a fellow award nominee suddenly has the potential to become something IRL—if she can figure out how to tell said crush that she’s romantic asexual. Tash wants to enjoy her newfound fame, but will she lose her friends in her rise to the top? What would Tolstoy do?

Author : Keith Whitlock
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300082231

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The Renaissance in Europe by Keith Whitlock Pdf

"The Reader addresses the themes of humanism, structures of authority, and levels of culture among different social orders and between men and women. And it examines what Burckhardt's 'discovery of the individual' really meant for the construction of self in the late medieval and early modern context."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Keah Brown
Publisher : Atria Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982100544

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The Pretty One by Keah Brown Pdf

From the disability rights advocate and creator of the #DisabledAndCute viral campaign, a thoughtful, inspiring, and charming collection of essays exploring what it means to be black and disabled in a mostly able-bodied white America. Keah Brown loves herself, but that hadn’t always been the case. Born with cerebral palsy, her greatest desire used to be normalcy and refuge from the steady stream of self-hate society strengthened inside her. But after years of introspection and reaching out to others in her community, she has reclaimed herself and changed her perspective. In The Pretty One, Brown gives a contemporary and relatable voice to the disabled—so often portrayed as mute, weak, or isolated. With clear, fresh, and light-hearted prose, these essays explore everything from her relationship with her able-bodied identical twin (called “the pretty one” by friends) to navigating romance; her deep affinity for all things pop culture—and her disappointment with the media’s distorted view of disability; and her declaration of self-love with the viral hashtag #DisabledAndCute. By “smashing stigmas, empowering her community, and celebrating herself” (Teen Vogue), Brown and The Pretty One aims to expand the conversation about disability and inspire self-love for people of all backgrounds.

Author : Leah Stewart
Publisher : Crown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781400098071

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The Myth of You and Me by Leah Stewart Pdf

Searingly honest, beautiful, and full of fragile urgency, The Myth of You and Me is a celebration and portrait of a friendship that will appeal to anyone who still feels the absence of that first true friend. When Cameron was fifteen, Sonia was her best friend—no one could come between them. Now Cameron is a twenty-nine-year-old research assistant with no meaningful ties to anyone except her aging boss, noted historian Oliver Doucet. When an unexpected letter arrives from Sonia ten years after the incident that ended their friendship, Cameron doesn’t reply, despite Oliver’s urging. But then he passes away, and Cameron discovers that he has left her with one final task: to track down Sonia and hand-deliver a mysterious package to her. Now without a job, a home, and a purpose, Cameron decides to honor his request, setting off on the road to find this stranger who was once her inseparable other half. The Myth of You and Me, the story of Cameron and Sonia’s friendship—as intense as any love affair—and its dramatic demise, captures the universal sense of loss and nostalgia that often lingers after the end of an important relationship.

Author : Marisa G. Franco, PhD
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-06
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780593331903

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Platonic by Marisa G. Franco, PhD Pdf

Instant New York Times bestseller Is understanding the science of attachment the key to building lasting friendships and finding “your people” in an ever-more-fragmented world? How do we make and keep friends in an era of distraction, burnout, and chaos, especially in a society that often prizes romantic love at the expense of other relationships? In Platonic, Dr. Marisa G. Franco unpacks the latest, often counterintuitive findings about the bonds between us—for example, why your friends aren’t texting you back (it’s not because they hate you!), and the myth of “friendships happening organically” (making friends, like cultivating any relationship, requires effort!). As Dr. Franco explains, to make and keep friends you must understand your attachment style—secure, anxious, or avoidant: it is the key to unlocking what’s working (and what’s failing) in your friendships. Making new friends, and deepening longstanding relationships, is possible at any age—in fact, it’s essential. The good news: there are specific, research-based ways to improve the number and quality of your connections using the insights of attachment theory and the latest scientific research on friendship. Platonic provides a clear and actionable blueprint for forging strong, lasting connections with others—and for becoming our happiest, most fulfilled selves in the process.

Author : Rosiee Thor
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781338802696

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Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor Pdf

In Rosiee Thor's lavish fantasy novel with a Jazz Age spark, a politically savvy teen must weigh her desire to climb the social ladder against her heart in a world where magic buys votes. Flare is power. With only a drop of flare, one can light the night sky with fireworks . . . or burn a building to the ground -- and seventeen-year-old Ingrid Ellis wants her fair share. Ingrid doesn't have a family fortune, monetary or magical, but at least she has a plan: Rise to the top on the arm of Linden Holt, heir to a hefty political legacy and the largest fortune of flare in all of Candesce. Her only obstacle is Linden's father who refuses to acknowledge her. So when Senator Holt announces his run for president, Ingrid uses the situation to her advantage. She strikes a deal to spy on the senator’s opposition in exchange for his approval and the status she so desperately craves. But the longer Ingrid wears two masks, the more she questions where her true allegiances lie. Will she stand with the Holts, or will she forge her own path?

Author : Plato,David Bolotin
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 080149561X

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Plato's Dialogue on Friendship by Plato,David Bolotin Pdf

Originally published in 1979, Plato's Dialogue on Friendship is the first book-length interpretation of the Lysis in English, offering both a full analysis and a literal translation of this frequently neglected Platonic dialogue. David Bolotin interprets the Lysis as an important work in its own right and places it in the context of Plato's other writings. He attempts to show that despite Socrates' apparent failure to discover what a friend is, a coherent understanding of friendship emerges in the Lysis. His commentary follows the dialogue closely, and his interpretation unfolds gradually, as he is providing a detailed summary of the Lysis itself. Mr. Bolotin's translation captures the playfulness and rich ambiguities of the Lysis and its effectiveness as conversational drama. His book, written with precision and clarity, should be useful to students of political philosophy and ancient philosophy.

Author : Philip Major
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317010388

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Thomas Killigrew and the Seventeenth-Century English Stage by Philip Major Pdf

Despite his significant influence as a courtier, diplomat, playwright and theatre manager, Thomas Killigrew (1612-1683) remains a comparatively elusive and neglected figure. The original essays in this interdisciplinary volume shine new light on a singular, contradictory Englishman 400 years after his birth. They increase our knowledge and deepen our understanding not only of Killigrew himself, but of seventeenth-century dramaturgy, and its complex relationship to court culture and to evolving aesthetic tastes. The first book on Killigrew since 1930, this study re-examines the significant phases of his life and career: the little-known playwriting years of the 1630s; his long exile during the 1640s and 1650s, and its personal, political and literary repercussions; and the period following the Restoration, when, with Sir William Davenant, he enjoyed a monopoly of the London stage. These fresh accounts of Killigrew build on the recent resurgence of interest in royalists and the royalist exile, and underscore literary scholars' continued fascination with the Restoration stage. In the process, they question dominant assumptions about neatly demarcated seventeenth-century chronological, geographic and cultural boundaries. What emerges is a figure who confounds as often as he justifies traditional labels of dilettante, cavalier wit and swindler.

Author : bell hooks
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780062862174

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All About Love by bell hooks Pdf

A New York Times bestseller and enduring classic, All About Love is the acclaimed first volume in feminist icon bell hooks' "Love Song to the Nation" trilogy. All About Love reveals what causes a polarized society, and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. Here is the truth about love, and inspiration to help us instill caring, compassion, and strength in our homes, schools, and workplaces. “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 feminist bell hooks offers a proactive new ethic for a society bereft with lovelessness--not the lack of romance, but the lack of care, compassion, and unity. People are divided, she declares, by society’s failure to provide a model for learning to love. As bell hooks uses her incisive mind to explore the question “What is love?” her answers strike at both the mind and heart. Razing the cultural paradigm that the ideal love is infused with sex and desire, she provides a new path to love that is sacred, redemptive, and healing for individuals and for a nation. The Utne Reader declared bell hooks one of the “100 Visionaries Who Can Change Your Life.” All About Love is a powerful, timely affirmation of just how profoundly her revelations can change hearts and minds for the better.

Author : Robert D. Huerta
Publisher : Bucknell University Press
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780838756065

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Vermeer and Plato by Robert D. Huerta Pdf

There are thirty-six illustrations."--Jacket.

Author : Clive Staples Lewis
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0151329168

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The Four Loves by Clive Staples Lewis Pdf

Analyzes the feelings and problems involved in different types of human love, including familial affection, friendship, passion, and charity.