Analysis and study of love in Plato's philosophical system
Subject Areas : Intellectual explorations
zeinab
darvishi
1
(Academic staff of the Department of Education, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz branch)
farajollah
barati
2
(Academic staff of the Department of Education, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz branch)
Keywords: love, philosophy, Beauty, creation, Plato, Existence,
Abstract :
Man is a two-dimensional being that in the natural dimension has needs of seeking the truth and considers truth to be the most beautiful category in the universe and this beauty makes man fall in love with himself and gives meaning to his life and evolves when he reaches the true lover, so the proposition Love has long been the focus of researchers and writers, because it is one of the motivating and driving forces of human beings. The present research, with an analytical method and document study, seeks to answer this question: "What is Plato's analysis of love and the relationship between love and beauty?" What is cosmology and human excellence?" Love in various works of scholars and thinkers of different sciences and in philosophy from the perspective of Western and Eastern philosophers, including in the worksPlato has been examined and theories about the nature of love, its connection with beauty, the role of love in cosmology and creation, the role of love in philosophical tendencies and the role of love in the advancement and education of man have been discussed.Plato believes that the core of creating love is man's tendency towards beauty and perfection, and beauty is divided into inner and outer beauty, and he considers any kind of evolution and perfection as beauty, therefore, in many cases, he interprets love as beauty, and philosophers introduces them as lovers because they seek the truth.
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