Love is the longing for the half of ourselves we have lost.

Milan Kundera

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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Love Melancholy

Author

Milan Kundera

Source

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Medium

Novel

Language

Czech

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

Czech Republic Europe

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Original Citation

Kundera, Milan. L'insoutenable légèreté de l'être [The Unbearable Lightness of Being]. Gallimard, 1984.

Current Citation

Kundera, Milan. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, translated by Michael Henry Heim. Harper Perennial, 2009.

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The real community of man, in the midst of all the self-contradictory simulacra of community, is the community of those who seek the truth, of the potential knowers... Of all men to the extent they desire to know. But in fact, this includes only a few, the true friends, as Plato was to Aristotle at the very moment they were disagreeing about the nature of the good... They were absolutely one soul as they looked at the problem. This, according to Plato, is the only real friendship, the only real common good. It is here that the contact people so desperately seek is to be found.

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Community Connecting with others Seeking the truth

Author

Allan Bloom
Source
The Closing of the American Mind
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1987 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Bloom, Allan. The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students. Simon & Schuster, 1987, conclusion.

Another quote about Love

Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love.

Virgil

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Power of love Love
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Author

Virgil
Source
Eclogues
Medium
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Current Citation

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