In the coming days I want to examine what some important Greek philosophers had to say about sex. But first I want to provide a bit of context for their views. The Greeks had nothing against sex in and of itself. They accepted desire as a perfectly natural urge, one that deserved satisfaction like [...]
Categories: History
Tagged: Akrasia, Aphrodite, Aristotle, Enkrateia, Eros, Helen, Paris, Phaedra, Plato, Socrates, Xenophon