What Philosophy Can Tell You About Your Lover

by Kaye, Sharon M.

• ISBN13: 9780812697636
• ISBN10: 0812697634
• Edition: Original
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-04-17
• Publisher: Open Court

Summary

From the dynamic power of lust to the daily frustrations of living with your lover, from selfless devotion to selfish gratification, from the anatomical to the metaphysical, romantic love is a labyrinth in which the most illustrious of thinkers have often lost their way.

Author Biography

Sharon M. Kaye is Professor of Philosophy at John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio. She is the author of several books, including The Onion and Philosophy (Open Court), Critical Thinking (Oneworld Press, 2009), Medieval Philosophy (Oneworld Press, 2008), and Black Market Truth (Parmenides Publishing, 2008), co-author of several books, including Philosophy for Teens (Prufrock Press, 2006) and More Philosophy for Teens (Prufrock Press, 2007),and editor of Lost and Philosophy (Blackwell, 2007).

Table of Contents

Come-on	p. vii
Foreplay	p. 1
The Secret of Lust	p. 3
Riding the Magic Carpet with Twilight	p. 13
Kant and Kinky Sex	p. 25
Pussy and Other Important Ps	p. 37
Role Playing	p. 47
Hips Don't Lie	p. 49
Porn Lovers	p. 55
Machiavelli at the Bar	p. 67
Platonic Lovers	p. 81
Positions	p. 93
Wilde Expectations	p. 95
How to Find Yourself a Dirtbag	p. 105
The Unexamined Love	p. 115
Love in the Time of Self-Gratification	p. 125
It's All about Me	p. 133
Intercourse	p. 14314
Who Do You Love, Simone de Beauvoir?	p. 155
The I Who Says "We"	p. 165
Friendly Lovers	p. 179
Afterglow	p. 187
Up all Night with Socrates	p. 189
Socrates the Seducer	p. 199
The Gift	p. 207
Winnie the Pooh in Love	p. 215
A Single Soul in Two Bodies	p. 225
Under the Boardwalk	p. 233
Blueberry Hill	p. 239
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