Table of Contents

Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. Plato and the First Philosophy of Love, 2. Th e Love of Christ, 3. Th e Loves of St. Augustine and the Church: Religion plus Philosophy plus Politics, 4. Th e Medieval Return of Venus, 5. Dante’s Divine Comedy: Th e Heavenly Romance, 6. Love in the Family and Its Dissolution, 7. De Sade and the Love of Evil, 8. Charles Sanders Peirce and Love as Evolutionary Principle, Conclusion, Index

About the Author

Wayne Cristaudo