First published in Rome in 1535,Leone Ebreo's Dialogues of Love is
one of the most important texts of the European Renaissance. Well
known in the Italian academies of the sixteenth century, its
popularity quickly spread throughout Europe, with numerous
reprintings and translations into French, Latin Spanish, and
Hebrew. It attracted a diverse audience that included noblemen,
courtesans, artists, poets, intellectuals, and philosophers. More
than just a bestseller, the work exerted a deep influence over the
centuries on figures as diverse as Giordano Bruno, John Donne,
Miguelde Cervantes, and Baruch Spinoza. Leone's Dialogues consists
of three conversations - 'On Love and Desire,' 'On the Universality
of Love,' and 'Onthe Origin of Love' - that take place over a
period of three subsequent days.They are organized in a dialogic
format, much like a theatrical representation, of a conversation
between a man, Philo, who plays the role of the lover andteacher,
and a woman, Sophia, the beloved and pupil. The discussion covers a
wide range of topics that have as their common denominator the idea
of Love. Through the dialogue, the author explores many different
points of view and complex philosophical ideas. Grounded in a
distinctly Jewish tradition, and drawing on Neoplatonic
philosophical structures and Arabic sources, the work offers a
useful compendium of classical and contemporary thought, yet was
not incompatible with Christian doctrine. Despite the unfinished
state and somewhat controversial, enigmatic nature of Ebreo's
famous text, it remains one of the most significant and influential
works in the history of Western thought. This new, expertly
translated and annotated English edition takes into account the
latest scholarship and provides aninvaluable resource for today's
readers.
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