The phenomenology of love

"Love is therefore not defined as a passion, that is, as an affect that imposes itself on the human will from a source outside it. Love is not only a force that imposes itself on the will by upsetting it without the human individual being able to do anything about it, as the popular opinion often tends to consider love. According to Marion, who relies on a conception of the will with Stoic overtones, the human individual must first consent to what is given to him to be affected by it. Thus, there is no love without a will to let oneself be affected by another, without a desire for the other which is born in the most intimate part of the human individual. From the fact that love requires the agreement of the human will, we have concluded that love according to Marion goes hand in hand with human freedom and is not only a passion contrary to it. This place given by the author to the human will in love has nevertheless raised many questions and criticisms, notably, in our opinion, because of the very nuanced conception of the human will on which Marion relies in the Phenomenon of Eroticism".

Autorentext

Samuel Beugre was born in Zégo, in the sub-prefecture of Hiré in the department of Divo. After briefly studying computer science, he went on to study theology and then philosophy. A lover of the science of man, he published his first work on Levinas and is the author of several philosophical books.