Analysis:
Platonic love, named after Plato, is a kind of spiritual love between the opposite sex, pursuing spiritual communication and rejecting * * *. It was first put forward by Marsilio Ficino in15th century. As a synonym of Socrates' love, it is used to refer to the love relationship between Socrates and students.
Plato believes that when the mind abandons the body and yearns for the truth, then thought is the best. When the soul is infected by the sins of the body, people's desire for truth will not be satisfied. When human beings have no strong demand for * * *, their mood is peaceful. * * * is the expression of * * in human nature and the nature of every organism. People are so-called higher animals because human nature is stronger than * * * and spiritual communication is beautiful and moral.
Platonic love has the following meanings:
1. Ideal view of love (metaphor for extremely romantic or impossible view of love)
2. Pure spiritual love, not physical love
3. Love concept of equality between men and women
There is only one person in this world. For you (you), she (he) is perfect and only for you (you). In other words, everyone has his perfect partner, and there is only one.
The first meaning is the most commonly used, but it is actually a misunderstanding. But since everyone uses it this way, it's another meaning. This misunderstanding comes from Plato's masterpiece The Republic. This book discusses how to build an ideal country, because it may be too idealistic to be realized, so some people use it to explain what Platonic love is.
The second meaning is often used, but it is basically a misunderstanding. This misunderstanding comes from Plato's metaphysics. He thinks that what we think is true, and the "real world" we see is not true.
The third and fourth meanings are really Plato's view of love or gender.
Plato believes that people are in the most real conceptual world before and after death, where everyone is a complete man and woman, and in this world we are all divided into two. So people always feel that if they lose something, they will try to find their own "other half" (this word also comes from Plato's theory). Plato also used this to explain why people have "relationships".
In his theory, no half is more important, so men and women are equal. Moreover, the original half of you in the conceptual world is the perfect object for you. He/she is somewhere in the world looking for you/you.
Master Plato: "What is love?"
? Socrates said: "Go to the nearby wheat field, walk along the ridge, pick the biggest ear of wheat you see and bring it back, and I will tell you the answer." . However, one thing you should remember is that you can only pick the ears of wheat on the way forward, and you can't go backwards. "
? Plato listened and went to the wheat field. After a while, he took it back empty-handed.
? Socrates asked him, "Why are there no ears of wheat?"
? Plato said gloomily, "The wheat field is full of ears of wheat. In order to pick the biggest one, I had to go straight ahead and watch it while walking, but I didn't pick the last one. "
? Socrates smiled. "This is love. Love is a game in which the mountain is higher than the other, and the biggest ear of wheat is likely to appear at the end. This is the psychology of love. "
Platon (427~ 347 BC) was an objective idealist philosopher in ancient Greece. Socrates' student and Aristotle's teacher. Born into an aristocratic slave family, he went to Sicily in southern Italy for three times in an attempt to influence Dionysus and his son Syracuse tyrant and realize his ideal aristocratic slave politics. After failing, he returned to Athens and founded the college 387 years before the park. He expounded his moral, political and educational theories in the Republic, Law and other works. Strive to defend the social order under the rule of aristocratic slave owners; He also put forward the ideal of "the king of philosophy", regarded the "king of philosophy" as a natural ruler and legislator, and publicly publicized the mysterious concept theory and the theory of immortality of the soul. Ideas are entities independent of individual things and human consciousness. The eternal idea is the "paradigm" of individual things; Individual things are imperfect "shadows" or "replicas" of perfect ideas. Epistemologically, it is believed that feeling is the object of individual things, but it cannot be the source of real knowledge; All real knowledge is just the "memory" of ideas by immortal souls. Some people claim that one of the meanings of dialectical method is the process of people recalling their thoughts. The dialectical method of "starting from the idea and reaching the ideal through the idea" gradually rises to the highest idea, that is, the idea of goodness, which is the highest and ultimate goal of the universe; The idea of goodness is the foundation of all knowledge and truth, even all existence, just as the sun is the source of light and life. But the driving force of the universe is the so-called "dominance". "Masters" add ideas to primitive chaos or matter to form an orderly universe. Aesthetically, since individual things are "replicas" of ideas, artistic works "imitate" individual things, which is "replicas of replicas"; Beauty is truth, goodness and beauty, and pure beauty is an idea that art can never express. In education, it is believed that education should be organized by the state with the main purpose of cultivating rulers. Plato's philosophy has a great influence on the development of western idealism. Lenin changed the development route of idealism into "Plato's route", exposing Plato's idealism as "mysticism of absurd thoughts".
People are always eager for love, regardless of age, gender or age. But in different times, different regions and different individuals, the content and form of love are very different. Primitive love probably didn't need to write a love letter, because there were no words at that time; /kloc-people in the 0 th and 9 th centuries didn't know that they could make love and make vows over the phone. It was not until the end of the 20th century that people realized that surfing the Internet can also convey feelings.
In the development of western love civilization, Plato's exposition is the earliest extant document, and his exposition is regarded as a monument. As an idea, Platonic love has influenced generations of Westerners, and East Renye Fang regards his name as a synonym for spiritual love.
So, what exactly is Platonic love?
Plato and Aristotle were the most influential philosophers in ancient Greece, among which Plato had a great influence on later generations. Plato wrote a book in the mouth of his teacher Socrates, saying that when the mind abandons the body and yearns for truth, then thought is the best. When the soul is infected by the sins of the body, people's desire for truth will not be satisfied.
In Europe, there has long been Platonic love called spiritual love in China. This kind of love thinks that the combination of flesh is impure and dirty, and that love and * * * are two opposite States. Therefore, when a person is really in love, it is impossible to think of physical union with the object he loves.
In today's people's eyes, Plato's view of love is incredible. However, an American scholar put forward a new view on Plato's view of love as understood by modern people. Irari Siraeee ISS, the president of the American Society of East-West Sociology and the author of American Family System, believes that the spiritual love advocated by Plato actually refers to a kind of love between the same sex, that is, homosexuality! The ancient Greeks believed that the process of homosexuality was more of a spiritual communication, a spiritual communication than a physical communication. In the ancient Greek society where women received little education, it was difficult for men to find spiritual opponents from women. This is why Plato emphasized the love between people. Plato firmly believes that true love is a persistent emotion, only space is the touchstone of love, and only extraordinary love can stand the test of time.
American sociologists have different opinions about whether Platonic love is pure love with only spiritual intercourse or elegant love with physical intercourse but emphasizing spiritual intercourse. But one thing is certain, that is, Plato believed that love can sublimate people. He said that for a person who lives a noble life, it is not blood, honor and wealth that guide his behavior, but love. There is no emotion in the world so deeply rooted in people's hearts as love. A person in love will not be as pale as his lover if he acts disgracefully and is seen by his father, friends or anyone else.
Love is undoubtedly the power to make people better.