Love as a philosophical concept

The concept of 'love', there are almost as many definitions of it as philosophers have existed maybe it can explain from the same word.

Eros in Greek mythology was the Greek god of love although for some it is a demon. He is a primordial god, some myths make him the son of Aphrodite.

The best concept of love is of Socrates. He makes a speech about love in the book “Symposium” of Plato. Socrates says that Eros can not be a god nor human so Eros is a demon, because he said: “Love is love of beauty, then love can not be beautiful. And as beautiful is good, it can not be good. Like all gods are beautiful and good, Eros can not be a god, but neither human. He is a demon”.

Then Socrates think that Eros is a demon. Also Socrates said that Eros was conceived by Poros (Plenty) and Penia (poverty) on the birthday of Aphrodite. This explained the different aspects of love and perhaps why one wants what you no have.

Eros is a demon on the one hand is not beautiful and delicate, but on the other hand is always on the track of what is beautiful. As wisdom is beautiful, loves wisdom therefore is philosopher. Then Socrates said about this: “Love consist in want always the good. The object of love is the production and generation of beauty. And immortality is its object. Whoever wants to pursue this object from young to love beautiful bodies, but must love all beautiful bodies, and also to consider the beauty of the soul as more important than beauty of the body”.