flâneur — a map of the web's best reading

Friends or Lovers? - elli fournier's contrathinking

ellifournier.substack.com · saved by 1 readers

It might seem a thing improper to try to philosophize about love, that thing infamous for robbing us of reason (if we were not bereft of it already). That fame I think unearned, though: love provides reasons of its own that might run counter to other reasons but is not for that irrational and likewise I think love capable of being philosophized about. Even if someone agrees that love can be philosophized about, the subtitle of this post might strike many as immediately wrong; after all, don’t asexual people exist who engage in romantic relationships? Thanks for reading elli fournier's contrathinking! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Pledge your support (Please note that the definition of asexuality I’m speaking to in my argument is the complete lack of sexual desire, appreciation, or appraisal. This is only one conception of a great many possible, and any kind of asexuality that permits eros in some form or another isn’t the kind I’m talking about.) Rather t

Explore this link on the map →

saved by