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Love and Passion Reconsidered

11 June 2005

image In college I had the privilege of taking a yearlong reading and writing course that picked a new theme every quarter. In the first term we read books and wrote essays on the idea of love going back all the way to Plato’s Symposium. Although I was fully able to articlulate Plato’s view of love,  I emotionally did not understand what Plato was talking about.  I wish the review article “Fidelity With a Wandering Eye ” by Christina Nehring had been on our reading list. Nehring is deeply informed, her language is clear, and its a pleasure to follow her guided tour. See for yourself by clicking on the “More” button.

Fidelity With a Wandering Eye
Love is noble, love is hard, and women cheat just as readily as men
by Cristina Nehring


A Review of Undressing Infidelity, by Diane Shader Smith , Adams Media.

It’s official: the conventional wisdom is false. It’s not men who leave their wives for younger, blonder temptresses; it’s women who leave their husbands for

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