Platonic love, named after Plato, a western philosopher, pursues spiritual communication and rational and pure love. Platonic love was first put forward by Marsilio Ficino in15th century, which is synonymous with Socratic love. Platonic love is rooted in the rationalism tradition and homosexual love fashion in ancient Greece.

According to the drinking theory, Platonic love mainly refers to the love between adult men and beautiful teenagers, which is also related to the Greek atmosphere at that time. Greek scholars believe that the love between the same sex is the true love of heaven, and the marriage system of the opposite sex is only for the construction of society. Nowadays, Platonic love is distorted into spiritual love, which is basically used to describe the love between men and women out of context, precisely because of the rejection of homosexuality in modern society.

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In today's people's eyes, Plato's view of love is incredible. On the other hand, an American scholar put forward a new view on Plato's love as understood by modern people. Ira reiss, president of the American Society of East-West Sociology and author of American Family System, believes that the spiritual love advocated by Plato actually refers to a kind of love between the same sex, that is, homosexuality.

The ancient Greeks believed that the process of homosexuality was more of a spiritual communication, a spiritual communication than a physical communication. This is why Plato emphasized the love between the same sex. Plato firmly believes that "true" love is a persistent emotion, only time is the touchstone of love, and only extraordinary love can stand the test of time. ?

Professor Xian Gang from the Department of Philosophy of Peking University also pointed out that when Plato talked about love, most (if not all) referred to homosexuality, especially the love between adult men and young men.

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