Petite philosophie de la passion amoureuse

Synopsis of Petite philosophie de la passion amoureuse

«Petite philosophie de la passion amoureuse» is the philosophical essay by André Guigot, published by Milan in paperback (213 pages, in French).

Ancient philosophy saw amorous passion as a disorder of the soul, but it can also be a love of thought. André Guigot portrays the passionate lover, locked in his idyll, blind or violent, and covers jealousy, sadness, pride, joy, desire and generosity. The work asks whether the passionate person can be happy by reconciling passion and reason.

Published in Toulouse in 2004, this essay is part of the Pause philo collection and includes a bibliography.

For readers of philosophy, especially those who want to think about love and passions from a moral perspective.