Answer to Question #166289 in Philosophy for Ashpreet kaur

Question

What does the lover in Plato’s theory of erotic love want and what does the lover in Aristotle’s theory of erotic love want?

Answer 1

In Plato's idea of love, the idea of romantic love initially stems from the Platonic tradition that love is a desire for beauty-a value that transcends the particularities of the physical body. For Plato, the love of beauty culminates in the love of philosophy, the subject that pursues the highest capacity of thinking.

Aristotle is of the opinion that erotic love is a function of effort of man to achieve happiness in life by the fulfillment of desire