Accepting change : becoming less human

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Linked Agent
Creator (cre): Li, Peggy Y.
Advisor (adv): Frierson, Patrick
Advisor (adv): Davis, Thomas
Department (dpt): Whitman College. Philosophy Department
Date
May 9, 2018
Graduation Year
2018
Abstract

This work investigates the relationship between erotic love/desire and anxiety, as thought of by Plato in The Symposium, and Kierkegaard in The Concept of Anxiety. Anxiety and erotic desire turn out to be parallel experiences that provoke greater human progress. Although such feelings of anxiety or desire are uncomfortable, accepting change turns out to be an essential and necessary part of the human condition.

Subject
Plato -- Symposium
Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855 -- Begrebet angest -- English
Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855 -- Kærlighedens gerninger -- English
Love
Desire
Anxiety
Progress
Change
Humanity
Philosophy
Academic theses
Whitman College 2018 -- Dissertation collection -- Philosophy Department
Genre
Theses
Extent
68 pages
Permanent URL
http://works.whitman.edu/440
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