Description
A distinctive feature of the book is the interweaving of two guiding threads in Plato's conception of erotic experience: androgyny, that is, the integration of masculine and feminine; and creativity, in both a sexual and a spiritual sense. These two aspects of Plato's erotic vision, androgyny and creativity, lead readers to a sense of grateful wonder and sacred awe at our own erotic powers. Our natural experience of romantic love, articulated so well by Plato, points toward a more explicitly religious interpretation of love's commitments and pleasures. The author brings out some surprising and delightful connections between Plato's pagan eroticism and the Adam and Eve story, Jesus's teaching in the Gospels, and Catholic views about marriage.
Plato's Bedroom will be the first book to tap into the perennial curiosity about love and sex through the enduring interest of the general reader in philosophical reflection on contemporary culture.
Book Information
ISBN 9781587316524
Author David K. O`connor
Format Hardback
Page Count 320
Imprint St Augustine's Press
Publisher St Augustine's Press
Weight(grams) 618g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 158mm * 28mm