What exactly is Platonic love like?

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" by China people. This kind of love thinks that the combination of flesh is impure and dirty, and that love and lust 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. On the other hand, an American scholar put forward a new view on Plato's love as understood by modern people. Ella Rice, president of the American East-West Social Society and 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 time 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.

In my opinion, this is pure spiritual love, just a kind of beauty without pure faith. ...

There is a lot of room for imagination, maybe only in movies and fairy tales. ....

Platonic love is just one of Platonic behaviors, and there are many others. You can't just think about love!

1) It means: only spiritual love. But there is no physical union. Such pure white love cannot be defiled. It's called platonic love.

Some people say it is an eternal unrequited love. Even if we can't be together, as long as we see each other's happiness, this love will last forever Some people, God gave them the fate of meeting, but forgot to give them the intersection, so this love can only be a distant watch. These two people are always like parallel lines and can't be together.

2) One day, Plato asked Socrates, the teacher, what is love? The teacher asked him to go to the wheat field first and pick the biggest and golden ears in the whole wheat field. He can only pick it once, he can only go forward, and he can't look back.

Plato did as the teacher said. As a result, he walked out of the field empty-handed. The teacher asked him why he couldn't pick it.

He said: because you can only pick it once, you can't go back. Even if you see the biggest and golden one, don't pick it, because I don't know if there is a better one ahead. When I walked to the front, I was definitely not as good as I saw before. The biggest golden ear of wheat has been missed. So I didn't pick anything.

The teacher said: This is "love".

Then one day, Plato asked the teacher what marriage was. The teacher asked him to go to the forest first and cut down the largest and most lush tree in the whole forest. This tree is the most suitable for making a Christmas tree at home. In the meantime, you can only cut it once, and you can only go forward and not look back.

Plato did as the teacher said. This time, he brought back an ordinary tree that was not so lush and not too bad. The teacher asked him how to bring this ordinary tree back. He said, "With the last experience, when I was halfway to nothing, I saw that the tree was not too bad, so I cut it down so as not to miss it, and finally I couldn't bring anything out."

The teacher said, "This is marriage!"

Life is like walking through wheat fields and Woods, only once, and you can't look back. To find your best ears of wheat and trees, you must have great courage and considerable efforts.

3) Platonic love, also known as Platonic love, is a kind of spiritual love between the opposite sex named after Plato, a western philosopher, who pursues spiritual communication and rejects sensuality.

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 carnal desire, their mood is peaceful. Carnal desire is the expression of animal nature in human nature and the nature of every organism.

People are so-called higher animals because human nature is stronger than animal nature, and spiritual communication is beautiful and moral.

4) What is Platonic Love?

Rational and spiritually pure love.

Philosophers' love and emotional life are generally unhappy,

Many philosophers even prefer to be single.

Love is a wonderful feeling and the spiritual pillar of life.

It is romantic, warm, gentle, sweet and happy.

Love is not about attaching too much,

Such as morality, responsibility, obligation, etc. This is not love,

It belongs to marriage, and the essence of love is spiritual.

If love has no material support, everything is a mirage.

It's an ethereal building that we can't reach.

I visited the coffee shop that is most suitable for urban singles.

In fact, I value marriage itself, but I just don't want to go into the besieged city.

I hope love will last forever. Love is a strong emotion.

Love is a changeable emotion, which is as colorful as a flame.

Just as the light fire pattern is easy to go out, I (Shanghai) had love.

However, it feels so short and eternal-just let love go to Titanic!

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Plato (about 429- 347 BC) was a student of Socrates and a famous idealist. Plato thinks that spirit is the first and matter is the second; It is believed that the real world is only a weak reflection of the conceptual world, which is real. The real world is unreal, so he completely reversed the relationship between spirit and matter. Politically, Plato supported the dictatorship of aristocratic slave owners, and his ideal was similar to Sparta in many places. In 386 BC, Plato opened a school called Akademi in the Akademi Stadium near Athens. He writes books while teaching. Decades before and after. The country of Bora understands the principle of applying what it has learned and is committed to cultivating political talents in all aspects according to its own political ideas. Many famous politicians at that time were Plato's students. Plato's works are mostly written in dialogue genre, and almost all of them have been passed down to this day. His student, the great thinker and scientist Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) critically revised Plato's philosophical system.

Platonic love has the following meanings:

1.

2. Pure spiritual love, not physical love.

3. Ideal love view, that is, extremely romantic or impossible love view.

There is only one person in this world. She (he) is perfect for you, and only for you. In other words, everyone has his perfect partner, and there is only one.

People tend to focus only on 2 and 3. In fact, 1 and 4 are the positive solutions of true platonic love. Plato believes that people are in the most real world of ideas before and after death. There, everyone is a complete man and woman, but in this world, we are all divided into two. So people always feel that if they lose something, they are trying to find their "other half". Plato also used this to explain why people have "relationships". In his theory, no half is more important, so men and women are equal. And your original half in the conceptual world is your perfect object. He/she is somewhere in the world and looking for her/him.

There is no other meaning in saying this. I believe in love, and I also realize how powerful this spiritual love is. My love is really a bit like Plato. I believe I am looking for her, but is she my other half? Maybe there will be an answer soon. Everyone wants romantic love. As long as I find her, I am willing to melt her in the romantic ocean ~ ~ ~

Platonism

Plato asked his teacher Socrates: What is love?

So Plato's teacher Socrates took him to the wheat field. Tell Plato to choose the biggest and best ear of wheat from among them, but he can only choose one and can't look back!

Plato thought it was too simple. When he came to the teacher empty-handed, the teacher was surprised to ask him why he came back empty-handed. So Plato told the reason why he returned empty-handed: when he went to the wheat field,

Seeing a seemingly good ear of wheat, I wanted to pick it at first, but then I thought about it: the teacher only allowed me to pick it once, maybe there will be better ones behind! Walking like this, I unconsciously came to the end of the wheat ear field, only to find that I didn't pick a wheat ear in my hand!

So Socrates smiled and said to Plato: This is love! !

I also think love in real life is very similar to this story. What do you think is the definition of love?

Platonic love, also known as Platonic love, is a kind of spiritual love between the opposite sex named after Plato, a western philosopher, who pursues spiritual communication and rejects sensuality. 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 sensuality, their mood is peaceful. Carnal desire is the expression of animal nature in human nature, and it is also the nature of every creature. People are so-called higher animals because human nature is stronger than animal nature, 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 (you) in the conceptual world is the perfect object of you (you). He/she is somewhere in the world looking for you/you.

I don't know if this kind of love really exists now, is it really unrealistic or really only exists in fairy tales.

Platonic love

Stand by your lover;

Pay silently and wait silently;

Don't expect to be close, and don't pray for possession;

Even though I knew it wouldn't work out at all,

But still stubborn, that's why you don't expect anything in return.

Destined its tragic ending;

finally

Can only be parallel lines waiting in the distance;

Leaving only beautiful fragments in memory,

As eternity! !

The core of Plato's philosophy is idealism. In his view, the only real world is the eternal conceptual world, and the real world people feel is only a reflection of the conceptual world. Plato called things and general things beyond independence and people's understanding ideas, and thought that only ideas were true, because they constituted an objective and independent world of ideas, such as goodness itself, beauty itself and justice itself. Later, people called the pursuit of pure spirit "Platonic behavior"