Ep. 365: Scheler on Love (Part One)

Subscribe to get parts 1 and 2 of this now, ad-free, plus tons of bonus content. On The Nature of Sympathy (1922), Part II: "Love and Hatred." What is love, and how does it relate to ethics and to sympathy? For Scheler, love is a primitive, spontaneous movement from lower to higher values: We see the best in the love one and thereby help enable them to attain that excellence. So is love foundational for value, or is value foundational for love? The two seem to arise together. Sponsor: Get a $1/month e-commerce trial at shopify.com/pel. The post Ep. 365: Scheler on Love (Part One) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.