Lectures For Lifelong Learners!

We think of Platonic lovers as close “friends with no benefits.” But Plato saw love as deeply erotic, a joint quest for the good life that had to include sexual passion. But, as we say today, “it’s complicated” because without carnal attraction, the relationship would never get off the ground. We must become intrigued by someone if we are going to pursue even a conversation, let alone a close connection. Why one person rather than another? Plato was endlessly fascinated by love and wrote about it throughout his long creative life. We can learn much about the human condition by exploring Plato’s views on love and sex.