Actually Eros is exactly lust, desire and the mischieveous elements of sexuality, whose Latin equivent was Cupid.Nick_A wrote: ↑October 14th, 2021, 10:21 pmeros isn't lust. It is wonder. From the excerpt abovePoeticUniverse wrote: ↑October 14th, 2021, 6:24 pmJust as I thought: Love and lust makes the world go around.
Eros reconciles the opposites from above as the third force. People consciously contemplate wonder to experience noesisEros is depicted in Plato's text, The Symposium, as half man, half god, a kind of intermediate force between the gods and mortals. It is a very interesting idea. Eros is what gives birth to philosophy. Modern philosophy often translates the word "wonder" merely as "curiosity," the desire to figure things out, or to intellectually solve problems rather than confronting the depth of these questions, pondering, reflecting, being humbled by them. In this way, philosophy becomes an exercise in meaningless ingenuity.
A child of Aphrodite, Eros was the one with the bow and arrow that struck desire into the hearts of men.
Aphrodite or Venus was a more serious aspect of love.