Agony of Eros 

Thank you for sharing this. It sounded like you all were having a good time, and it was great to witness it.

A discussion on eros could be a whole series. I loved how much we packed into an hour, though! I just wanted to give a quote from the Audre Lorde essay, "Uses of the Erotic" that I mentioned, because she connects eros/the erotic with empowerment, sprirituality, and the political, but also gender: "There are many kinds of power, used and unused, acknowledged or otherwise. The erotic is a resource within each of us that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane, firmly rooted in the power of our unexpressed or unrecognized feeling. In order to perpetuate itself, every oppression must corrupt or distort those various sources of power within the culture of the oppressed that can provide energy for change. For women, this has meant a suppression of the erotic as a considered source of power and information within our lives." This was written in the late 70s, so although contemporary readers might not resonate with her focus on a specific gender, I think most interesting is simply how she defines eros as beneficial and necessary as Han does, and the works might make a good comparison. Thanks again for the discussion! I was honored to meet everyone.

I think you guys are so out of touch it cringe. If this is philosophy now, its gone sideways.