Title: LOVE--PLATO TO THE PRESENT
Review: Robert E. WagonerThe Meanings of Love:An Introduction to the Philosophy of Love(Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997) 149 pagesA presentation of ideas about love from Plato and Aristotleto the present: Socrates, Kierkegaard, Kant, Sartre, Irigaray.The book is organized around six forms of love:erotic (Platonic), Christian, romantic, moral, mutual, and love as power.Wagoner has read extensively in the philosophy-of-love literature;and he presents the perspectives of several thinkers quite briefly;but he has nothing original to add to the discussion.
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