Love / Tony Milligan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milligan, Tony.

Series:

Art of living series (Acumen Publishing)

The art of living series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Love.

Love--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 144 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Acumen, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Does love conquer all? Is it a many splendored thing? Or is it, as Schopenhauer thought, just nature’s way of duping us into producing the next generation? What’s good about being in the grip of a delusion that requires a ridiculously inflated estimation of the subject of our affections? How can the grasping, selfish, egocentric behaviour that intimate love brings be a subject worthy of poets? Philosopher Tony Milligan brings his keen analytical skills to bear on our need to love and be loved. Along the way, filial, parental and friendship love are discussed, but the main focus of his attention is the sexualised, intimate love that can exist between partners, and which has been idolized for millennia. Milligan explores how the nature of love and our experience of it is inextricably bound up with our own notions of self and self-doubt. He considers the place of intimacy, togetherness, and sexual desire in love and uses the notions of loss, irreplaceability and shared history to illustrate the nature of love. Anyone who has lived and loved will find Milligan’s exploration illuminating and insightful.

Contents:

Introduction

Doubts about love

The depth of love

A sense of worth

Togetherness and loss

Irreplaceability

What can we love?

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-142) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-138-14710-9

1-317-54762-4

1-315-73000-6

1-84465-507-5

9781315730004

OCLC:

893333166