The agony of eros

Without eros, thinking loses all vitality and turmoil, and becomes repetitive and reactive.

The philosopher is a friend, a lover.

Because of his parentage, Eros shows the way.

Philosophy is the translation of eros into logos.

Counter to tradition, Plato made Poros the father of Eros. Poros means “way.”

Although thinking ventures onto uncharted terrain, it does not get lost there.

Logos is powerless without the force of eros.

The daimonic nature of Socratic discourse derives from the negativity of atopia.

In Plato’s dialogues, Socrates takes the stage as a seducer, beloved, and lover; because of his singularity, he is called atopos. His speech (logos) unfurls as erotic seduction, too.

Thus, information society has no access to the wholly Other. It lacks eros — which transforms