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Conditions of Love
The Philosophy of Intimacy
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Conditions of Love
Raises one of the deepest and most puzzling questions we can put to ourselves ' What is Love?'
Drawing on writers and thinkers as diverse as Plato, Tolstoy, Freud and Stendhal, John Armstrong explores how our perception of love is formed by culture and history.
For anyone who believes or disbelieves in love.
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What does it really mean to love another person? Is there such a thing as the perfect partner? How does infatuation differ from the real thing? The need to love and be loved is central to our idea of happiness, yet it sometimes seems that the more we reflect on it, the more elusive it becomes.
In this lucid and graceful meditation on the deeper meanings of intimacy, John Armstrong explores the ideas that have shaped how we view affairs of the heart. Drawing on poetry, novels, philosophy, paintings, and music, he shows how love is inextricably bound up with perception and the imagination.
Loving a real, complicated person and being understood and valued by them in turn is not something we find, but rather something we create.
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ISBN: 9780140294712
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 January 2003
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 118.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 126g
Pages: 176
About the Author
John Armstrong is the author of THE INTIMATE PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE. A philosopher at the University of Melbourne
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