We’re sketching ideas from Simon May’s Love: A History.
Another key Greek player in the history of love is Aristotle.
First, consider those whom you love – on what is your love based? Qualities in that person? Family blood and loyalty? Something indefinable? Attraction of opposites? Or attraction of like-mindeness? A decision of the ‘will to love’?
Apart from sex, is love for a friend different from love for a lover?
These are some questions raised by Aristotle’s view of love. For him the highest form of love is philia – friendship love.
Now, as a good Greek…
