The Virtue of Love

In Robert C. Solomon (ed.), In defense of sentimentality. New York: Oxford University Press (2004)
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I suggest that erotic love is a virtue. I contest both the cynicism and the vacuousness in much of the love literature. I argue that love is a historical emotion, involving a great deal of historical and cultural variation. And I give an analysis of what love is as shared identity. On the way, I also talk about sex and Plato's Symposium.

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10.1093/019514550x.003.0008

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original Solomon, Robert C. (1988) "The Virtue of Love". Midwest Studies in Philosophy 13(1):12-31

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