"..... Eros, reduced to pure “sex”, has become a commodity, a mere “thing” to be bought and sold, or rather, man himself becomes a commodity. This is hardly man's great “yes” to the body.
"...Yet eros and agape—ascending love and descending love—can never be completely separated...
.".... Even if eros is at first mainly covetous and ascending, a fascination for the great promise of happiness, in drawing near to the other, it is less and less concerned with itself, increasingly seeks the happiness of the other, is concerned more and more with the beloved, bestows itself and wants to “be there for” the other. The element of agape thus enters into this love,.....
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Summary HERE
(headsup from Ragemonkey)
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Second thoughts: The fact that even "covetous" sex can lead to caring for one's partner and seeking the happiness of the other and the want to "be there for" the other is a GOOD argument for gay marriage...
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