Platonic love refers to a pure, non-physical, spiritual love that emphasizes the spiritual fit and exchange of ideas between two people, rather than physical intimacy. This model of love takes its name from the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, who believed that the highest level of human love is love in pursuit of truth and virtue, rather than material and physical satisfaction. Platonic love emphasizes the spiritual connection and tacit understanding between two people, rather than physical attraction and sexual desire.
Platonic love, also known as platonic love, is a kind of spiritual love named after the Western philosopher Plato, which pursues spiritual communication and rejects carnal desires. Rational spiritual purity in love.
According to Plato, 'The mind is best when the mind abandons the flesh and yearns for truth.' And when the soul is infected by the sins of the flesh, people's desire to pursue the truth will not be satisfied. When human beings do not have a strong need for carnal desire, the state of mind is peaceful, carnal desire is the manifestation of animal nature in human nature, is the nature of every living organism, the reason why human beings are the so-called higher animals, because in human nature, human nature is stronger than animal nature, and spiritual communication is beautiful and moral. ’
Platonic love has the following meanings:
1. Ideal view of love (metaphor for an extremely romantic or simply unattainable view of love)
2. Pure spiritual and not physical love
3. The concept of love for men and women equally
4. There is only one person in this world who is perfect to you and perfect only to you. That is, any person has its perfect object, and there is only one.
Platonic love, also known as platonic sex, can also be called spiritual love, which refers to the pursuit of spiritual communication, the rejection of sex and carnal desires, a rational and pure love. Usually refers to two people who have one of them disabled or unable to express their feelings physically.
The concept of platonic love was first coined by Marcellio Ficino in the 15th century, mainly to refer to the loving relationship between Socrates and his students. According to Plato, "The best is when the mind abandons the flesh and yearns for truth." And when the soul is infected by the sins of the flesh, people's desire to pursue the truth will not be satisfied. Because at that time, Greek scholars believed that love between the same sex was real love, marriage between the opposite sex was just to structure the whole society, and homosexual love had become the norm in Greek society at that time, so platonic love mainly referred to love between people of the same sex. And now platonic love is considered to be used to describe spiritual love between people of the opposite sex. It's more of a spiritual communication between two people, staying at the spiritual level. There are five main points of Platonic love, namely, the ideal view of love, pure spiritual love, the equal view of love between men and women, the perfect view of love, and the free view of love. The ideal view of love refers to a romantic, too ideal view of love that cannot be realized; Pure spiritual love refers to pure spiritual love, love without the flesh; The concept of perfect love means that there is only one person in this world who is perfect for you, and you are the same for him. Many people think that the ideal view of love and pure spiritual love are the essence of Platonic love, but in fact, these two views are not the real Platonic view of love; The true Platonic view of love is the equal view of love between men and women and the concept of perfect love.
