Amor: paixão da alma, transtorno obsessivo ou disposição evolutiva?

Maria Borges

doi:10.47456/sofia.v12i2.42792

Love

a passion of the soul, an obsession, or an evolutionary disposition?

Authors

Maria Borges Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, UFSC. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4606-7919

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/sofia.v12i2.42792

Keywords:

love, passion of the soul, obsessive disorder, evolutionary disposition

Abstract

What is love? Sung by poets and musicians, the cause of the greatest joys and sorrows, love is difficult to define. In this text, I will present some ways of understanding love, beginning with the tradition of thinking of love as a passion of the soul. Second, I will present the physiological conception of love as defended in the book Love is the Drug. I will also consider a third way in which love is related to evolutionary strategies.

Author Biography

Maria Borges, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, UFSC.

Possui mestrado em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1990) e doutorado em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1996). Atualmente é Professora Titular da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Fez pós-doutorado na University of Pennsylvania (1999), na Humboldt Universität (2006) e na Columbia University (2014).Tem experiência na área de Filosofia, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Kant, Hegel, ética, emoções e filosofia feminista.

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Published

2023-12-29

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2023): Dossiê Filosofia das Emoções

Section

Dossiê Filosofia das Emoções

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