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Platonic love [1] is a type of love in which sexual desire or romantic features are nonexistent or have been suppressed, sublimated, or purgated, but it means more than simple friendship.
The Modern Greek word "erotas" means "intimate love". Plato refined his own definition: Although eros is initially felt for a person, with contemplation it becomes an appreciation of the beauty within that person, or and may ultimately transcend particulars to become an appreciation of beauty itself, hence the concept of platonic love to mean ...
The Phaedrus (/ ˈ f iː d r ə s /; Ancient Greek: Φαῖδρος, romanized: Phaidros), written by Plato, is a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus, an interlocutor in several dialogues.
The Greek title Erastai is the plural form of the term erastēs, which refers to the older partner in a pederastic relationship.Since in Classical Greek terms such a relationship consists of an erastēs and an erōmenos, the title Lovers, sometimes used for this dialogue, makes sense only if understood in the technical sense of "lover" versus "beloved" but is misleading if taken to refer to ...
Plato's Phaedrus and his later work The Republic discuss thumos as one of the three constituent parts of the human psyche.In the Phaedrus, Plato depicts logos as a charioteer driving the two horses eros and thumos (erotic love and spiritedness are to be guided by logos).
Српски / srpski: Platon Atanacković (1788 -1867) je bio episkop budimski (1839-1851) i bački (1851-1867), pisac, politički radnik i veliki dobrotvor srpske prosvete. English: Platon Atanacković (1788 -1867) was the bishop of Buda (1839-1851) and Bačka (1851-1867), a writer, political worker and a great benefactor of Serbian education.
Eros (/ ˈ ɪər ɒ s /, US: / ˈ ɛr ɒ s, i r ɒ s,-oʊ s /; from Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs) ' love, desire ') is a concept in ancient Greek philosophy referring to sensual or passionate love, from which the term erotic is derived.
The word appears three times in the text of letters written by the Apostle Paul. Paul was a fluent Greek speaker and his writing shows he was well educated in Hellene literature. His letters were originally written in Greek and therefore the choice of the word was deliberate and the sophisticated choice of an educated man.