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eros

English translation: Greek god of love

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English term or phrase:eros
Selected answer:Greek god of love
Entered by: wonita (X)

18:46 Oct 5, 2008
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: eros
In the course of a career back a quarter of a century he has published three books, none of which has caused a stir or even a ripple: the first on opera (Boito and the Faust Legend: The Genesis of Mefistofele), the second on vision as eros (The Vision of Richard of St Victor), the third on Wordworth and history (Wordworth and the burden of the past).

"Disgrace" by G. M. Coetzee
Bin Tiede (X)
Germany
Local time: 23:55
Greek god of love
Explanation:
;-)
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Jürgen Lakhal De Muynck
Spain
Local time: 23:55
Grading comment
thanks
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +3Greek god of love
Jürgen Lakhal De Muynck
4 +4Attraction/Love
d_vachliot (X)
4 +2sobre la visión/contemplación (de la belleza) como Eros
MarinaM


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Greek god of love


Explanation:
;-)

Jürgen Lakhal De Muynck
Spain
Local time: 23:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ellen Kraus
3 mins
agree  Gary D
8 hrs
agree  orientalhorizon
12 hrs
neutral  juvera: Well, yes, but the word here is not starting with a capital letter, it is not Eros the god they are talking about.
4 days
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
sobre la visión/contemplación (de la belleza) como Eros


Explanation:
Eros.¿Por que la vision de la belleza se hace cobrar vida al eros?¿Por que el espectaculo de lo repulsivo estrangula el deseo?¿Acaso la interacion con la belleza nos eleva,nos hace mejores ,o lo que nos mejora es abrazar la enfermedad,lo mutilado, lo repulsivo?¡Que preguntas....! ¿Es esa la razon de que la Costello los haya juntado a amboss:no por la vulgar comedia de un hombre y una mujer a quienes les faltan parte del cuerpo haciendo lo que pueden para acoplarse,sino con el objeto de que,en cuanto el asunto sexual haya quedado resuelto,puedan departir sobre filosofia,abrazados en la cama y soltando discursos sobre la belleza, el amor y la bondad?

Fragmento de "El Hombre Lento" de J:M.Coetzee


http://origendesconocido.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!2C6B62A72D...




Eros en el sentido freudiano

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Note added at 11 mins (2008-10-05 18:58:27 GMT)
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n Freudian psychology, Eros, also referred to in terms of libido, libidinal energy or love, is the life instinct innate in all humans. It is the desire to create life and favours productivity and construction. Eros battles against the destructive death instinct of Thanatos (death instinct or death drive).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eros_(Freud)


You can also use passion/life drive instead of 'eros'

MarinaM
Argentina
Local time: 18:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish

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agree  Gary D: all are right
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agree  orientalhorizon
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Attraction/Love


Explanation:
RICHARD OF ST. VICTOR’S PROOF OF THE TRINITY FROM THE IDEA OF LOVE
By
SEAN MICHAEL SCRIBNER, B.A.

"Richard of St. Victor was a Scottish theologian who lived and died in the 12th century A.D. [...] Perhaps his most famous contribution to Trinitarian thought comes in the form of a “proof” of the Trinity of God from the idea of love. Simply put, Richard “proves the Trinity in the godhead from the idea of love, which demands different persons and just three because two persons, loving one another, will desire a third whom they shall love in common.”

http://www.truthdialogue.com/Files/Richard of St. Victor.pdf


d_vachliot (X)
Local time: 00:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gary D
8 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  orientalhorizon
12 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Ioanna Daskalopoulou
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  juvera: Pity that very few people seem to be interested in coming to the right conclusion.
4 days
  -> Well, it happens sometimes. Thank you, juvera.
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