Eros of Plato as an Overcoming Other: Heterological Analysis
The article provides a heterological analysis of Plato’s philosophy of love. As a hermeneutic principle, the pair«Self - Other» is used, allowing to determine the role and the value of the Other in love, a feature of its relationship with the «Self». As a result of the study, the onto-gnoseological status of difference and otherness is determined in the context of Plato’s erotology. The Other is seen not as a unique person, but as a manifestation of the selfidentical idea of Beauty-Good. Since the Other is not a goal, but only a mean for achieving individual perfection and happiness, Plato’s homological eros can be characterized as a form of exalted egocentrism and auto-erotism.