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Amour-propre (French: [amuʁ pʁɔpʁ]; lit. ' self-love ') is a French term that can be variously translated as "self-love", "self-esteem", or "vanity".In philosophy, it is a term used by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who contrasts it with another kind of self-love, which he calls amour de soi.
Monia Chokri’s “The Nature of Love” opens by introducing us to 40-year-old philosophy professor Sophia (Magalie Lépine Blondeau) and her husband Xavier (Francis-William Rhéaume), as they ...
The roots of the classical philosophy of love go back to Plato's Symposium. [3] Plato's Symposium digs deeper into the idea of love and bringing different interpretations and points of view in order to define love. [4] Plato singles out three main threads of love that have continued to influence the philosophies of love that followed.
Rousseau maintained in Emile that amour de soi is the source of human passion as well as the origin and the principle of all the other desires. [1] [2] It is associated with the notion of "self-preservation" as a natural sentiment that drives every animal to watch over its own survival. [1]
“The Nature of Love,” Monia Chokri’s sexy romantic comedy that beat Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” in the best foreign-language film race at this year’s Cesar Awards, has been ...
Although the nature or essence of love is a subject of frequent debate, different aspects of the word can be clarified by determining what is not love (antonyms of "love"). Love, as a general expression of positive sentiment (a stronger form of like), is commonly contrasted with hate (or neutral apathy).
The Nature of Love (French: Simple comme Sylvain) is a 2023 Canadian romantic comedy-drama film directed by Monia Chokri. [ 4 ] The film had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2023.
Amor fati is a Latin phrase that may be translated as "love of fate" or "love of one's fate".It is used to describe an attitude in which one sees everything that happens in one's life, including suffering and loss, as good or, at the very least, necessary.