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Notes on David O'Connor's 1/17/07 Introductory Lecture, "Philosophy as Love Potion" for PHIL 20214

Course Introduction

 



I. Course objectives
 
II. Organizing Pillars

            A. Plato

            B. Shakespeare

            C. Catholic Perspective

 
III. The role of movies
 
IV. Themes of the Course

            A. Love and Independence

            B. Unity and Procreation

            C. Accepting and Refusing Marriage

            D. Love as Insight, Love as Illusion

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Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. O\'Connor, D. (2007, July 03). Session 1 Notes. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/philosophy/ancient-wisdom-modern-love/lecture-notes/session-1-notes. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Creative Commons License