Eros

We all have morals and values that we hold true to ourselves, but what happens when we realize our persuasion can gain us an advantage at the expense of others? There are unwritten rules that one must follow when using persuasion that makes it ethical in nature and eliminates any unfair advantage or gain for the speaker. In Plato's Phaedrus, Plato looks at not only the responsibilities of the speaker when using persuasion, but also that of the audience to create a fair and ethical platform for…

Object Relations theory, one of the many theories falling under the psychoanalytic umbrella, focuses on interpersonal relationships. Object relations theory is interested in how people interact with one another, particularly within one’s family, primarily the mother-infant relationship. In this theory, the object is often the significant person that is the object of another person’s feelings or intentions, again primarily focused on the mother as the object for the child. Object-relations…

“the beauty”, born from an incest intercourse between Myrrha and her father, Theias. This newborn baby is something out of this world, for his beauty and the way he comes to life. Some ancient texts say that she falls in love with him because of the Eros’ arrows effect. The play becomes more and more exciting when Adonis turns out to be a young beautiful boy and Venus becomes “the guardian” of him, making sure nothing bad happens to the guy. Adonis reveals himself such a huge hunter, he…

For me Pragma and Eros love styles were the most evident of the six possible love styles. The easiest way to explain having a pragma love style is that love is based on a shopping list the more you qualify for the more likely the person will be interested in you (T. Mendenhall…

Dialogues of Plato” brings back memories of a couple of fraternity parties I attended many years ago, an invitation as it were, to a very active drinking party, but this one is where a group of Athenian intellectuals are exchanging their views on eros, or desire. From their conversation a series of thoughts are offered on gender roles, sex in society, and the diversion of the energy of basic human instincts. The Symposium is a sharing of different viewpoints and ideas about the nature of love…

philosophers have formed many of our ideals of love to this day. One of the most impactful and common forms, that being the idea of soulmates and fate, was given to us through the speech of Aristophanes. Each speech before Aristophanes focused on love, ( Eros), as being a physical thing with physical attributes; good, bad, vulgar, noble, harmonious, etc.. Aristophanes, however, took a very different approach to what he believed love was. Rather…

Cesar Quiroz 20 April 2015 Mr. Farson English 1A Greek Gods In today 's world, there is a vast amount of knowledge and information to learn from. Many subjects are important to incorporate, but none are as important as literature. There are many forms of literature that should be thought, such as Shakespeare and the Bible. One type of literature I believe the school districts should incorporate in English classes is Greek Mythology. It is a very interesting literature and history to learn from.…

and critics alike. Based on Arthur Schnitzler’s 1926 novella Traumnovelle (Dream Story), Kubrick upholds a psychoanalytic parallel between the two, as the source story heavily borrowed from Freud’s theory of life (Eros) and death instincts (Thanatos). The task of transporting the overall historical, cultural and artistic context from the 1926 Viennese decadence to the postmodernist world of New York City was no mean feat – an…

Augustine wrote confessions as a bishop. He wrote about many situations from his earlier life. When reading Confessions you must keep in mind that these are the words of an older man talking about his past self. If young Augustine had written Confessions it would have been a much different book. Love is an interesting topic. We all love or are loved in one capacity or another. Romantic love is a different beast altogether. Often times we are obsessed with the idea of love and we will do…

biologically predetermined, a learned behaviour or both. (Geen, 2001) (p8) Biological perspectives in psychology propose that aggression is innate. Sigmund Freud believed in his psychodynamic perspective of the “Thanatos” an instinct for death and the “Eros” an instinct for life. He believed that the “Thanatos” would redirect itself towards others aggressively after a build-up of tension in the body in order to restore the body to its natural state. (Baumeister & Finkel, 2010) (p308) However…