▁relation ▁to ▁culture ▁and ▁its ▁por n ographic ▁out comes , ▁current ▁evolution ary ▁psych ology ▁shows ▁how ▁er otic ism ▁has ▁sh aped ▁the ▁evolution ▁of ▁human ▁nature . ▁ ▁Ps y cho anal yt ical ▁approach ▁ ▁In fl uen ced ▁by ▁Sig mund ▁Fre ud , ▁psych other ap ists ▁have ▁turned ▁to ▁Greek ▁philosophy ▁for ▁an ▁understanding ▁of ▁er os ' ▁height ened ▁a est h etic . ▁For ▁Pl ato , ▁E ros ▁takes ▁an ▁almost ▁trans c endent ▁manifest ation ▁when ▁the ▁subject ▁see ks ▁to ▁go ▁beyond ▁itself ▁and ▁form ▁a ▁commun ion ▁with ▁the ▁object / other : ▁" the ▁true ▁order ▁of ▁going ... to ▁the ▁things ▁of ▁love , ▁is ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁beaut ies ▁of ▁earth ▁as ▁steps ... to ▁all ▁fair ▁forms , ▁and ▁from ▁fair ▁forms ▁to ▁fair ▁actions , ▁and ▁from ▁fair ▁actions ▁to ▁fair ▁not ions , ▁until ▁from ▁fair ▁not ions ▁he ▁arriv es ▁at ▁the ▁notion ▁of ▁absolute ▁beauty ". ▁ ▁French ▁philosophy ▁Modern ▁French ▁conception s ▁of ▁er otic ism ▁can ▁be ▁trac ed ▁to ▁ ▁Age ▁of ▁En light en ment , ▁when ▁" in ▁the ▁eigh teenth ▁century , ▁diction aries ▁defined ▁the ▁er otic ▁as ▁that ▁which ▁concerned ▁love ... er otic ism ▁was ▁the ▁intr usion ▁into ▁the ▁public ▁sphere ▁of ▁something ▁that ▁was ▁at ▁base ▁private ". ▁This ▁theme ▁of ▁intr usion ▁or ▁trans gression ▁was ▁taken ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century ▁by ▁the ▁French ▁phil os opher