My sister and I inherited our grandmother's letters and discovered she had a decades-long correspondence with someone who wasn't our grandfather, full of references to Platonic love and spiritual connection. We're both struggling with what this means about love, fidelity, and the stories we tell ourselves about the people we've idealized.
More people experience this than they realize.
A revelation about an ancestor's hidden emotional life forces a reexamination of fundamental assumptions about love, loyalty, and moral complexity.
“Where Are You with The philosophy of love — from Plato to contemporary?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.