Finding True Love: Incorporating Mahāyāna Buddhism with Plato’s Symposium Open Access
Mitchell, Henry (Spring 2024)
Abstract
Philosophers have explored the notion of romantic love since the origins of recorded history. One of these philosophers who has been particularly influential in Western culture is Plato of Ancient Greece. His Symposium has served as the foundation of what European and Anglo-American classrooms look to when they study love. This thesis incorporates the ideas of the Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition with Plato’s conception of social love. Both fields of thought developed at roughly the same time in history, but in different parts of the world, and thus each possesses important contributions in coming to a definition and way to go about love. Expanding the scope of consideration beyond what Western philosophy has offered is crucial to come to a more complete and accurate understanding of what it means to love. This thesis is a small step on a long journey toward synthesizing the vast traditions of cultures across all of human society in the context of love.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION....1
CHAPTER 1....6
CHAPTER 2....21
CHAPTER 3....36
CONCLUSION....47
BIBLIOGRAPHY....51
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