Conditions of Love: The Philosophy of Intimacy
"An elegant little book...perceptive and tender" - Evening Standard 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.
John Armstrong is the author of THE INTIMATE PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE. A philosopher at the University of Melbourne
Author: John Armstrong
Format: Paperback, 176 pages, 118mm x 198mm, 123 g
Published: 2003, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: History of Ideas & Popular Philosophy
"An elegant little book...perceptive and tender" - Evening Standard 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.
John Armstrong is the author of THE INTIMATE PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE. A philosopher at the University of Melbourne