The Nature of Love: Plato to Luther

agapē appraisal Aquinas Aristophanes Aristotle attitude Augustine beatitude beauty becomes beloved Bernard bestowing value calls caritas Chris Christ Christian love Christian mystics church commandment concept courtly love created deity desire divine doctrine emotional eros and agape eros tradition erotic eternal everything exist faith father feeling Freud give God's love Greek Holy Ghost human love human nature Ibid idea ideal imagination infinite instinct Jesus Jewish Jews Judaism kind ladder libido live love of persons lover Lucretius Luther man's means medieval merely merging moral neighbor never nomos Nygren Old Testament one's oneself Ovid passion Paul perfect friendship philia philosophers Plato Platonic love Plotinus possible reality reason reciprocity religion religious love righteousness Romantic love saint sake salvation Santayana satisfy says seeks self-love sense sexual sinners sins Socrates soul speak spiritual marriage symbols things tion true ultimate union universe Venus wish woman word