Iubirea și dorința, între tradiție și modernitate: de la erosul platonician la compersion-ul poliamoros
Love and desire between tradition and modernity: From Platonic eros to polyamorous compersion

Summary/Abstract: In Plato’s philosophical dialogues, particularly in his work Symposium and Phaedrus, love is a central theme and subject of discussion. According to Plato, love is an ascent towards the realization and contemplation of beauty, goodness, and truth. Love is not merely a physical or emotional desire but a spiritual and intellectual pursuit. Plato presents the concept of love through the teachings of Socrates and the character Diotima. According to Diotima's speech in the Symposium, love is a form of desire that begins with the physical attraction to an individual but transcends the physical realm and seeks to reach the realm of the eternal and divine. Through the experience of love, people are guided towards the pursuit of wisdom and knowledge, ultimately leading to a connection with the Forms or Ideas that represent the highest and purest forms of beauty, goodness, and truth. But can Plato’s definition of love be understood in the contemporary polyamory perspective? In order to answer this question, I will illustrate the main concepts of love during the different centuries. Furthermore, I will discuss Plato’s view of love as outlined in Symposium and, finally, I will describe some of the main characteristics of polyamory in order to understand if Plato’s definition of love could feet into a contemporary vision.

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