La problématique de l'amour-érosdans le stoïcisme
(1999) Revue Philosophique de Louvain — Vol. 97, n° 3-4, p. 459-482 (1999)
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- A number of contradictory definitions of love-eros occur in Stoicism. Love-eros as the propensity to make friends because of their beauty is at times attributed to the sage, and at time utterly condemned. M. Schofield, and M. Nussbaum have attempted to resolve this aporia. Having raised certain difficulties involved in their interpretations, the A. has attempted to show that eros had two different meanings. It is firstly passion, carnal desire, that the Stoics reject absolutely. But eros also means a natural tendency to make friends of those whose beauty manifests an aptitude for virtue. An eros of this type holds a place in the moral life of the Stoic. Following Plato, the Stoics make use of the Greek pederastic vocabulary in order to sublimate it and give it a new meaning. This form of eros banishes any amorous passion and any sexual relationship. It is a love of friendship.
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Fiasse, G. (1999). La problématique de l’amour-érosdans le stoïcisme. Revue Philosophique de Louvain, 97(3-4), 459-482. https://doi.org/10.2143/RPL.97.3.541959 (Original work published 1999)