**Instant New York Times bestsellerIs understanding the science of attachment the key to building lasting friendships and finding “your people” in an ever-more-fragmented world?**How do we make and keep friends in an era of distraction, burnout, and chaos, especially in a society that often prizes romantic love at the expense of other relationships? In Platonic, Dr. Marisa G. Franco unpacks the latest, often counterintuitive findings about the bonds betwee...

Ryouya is a total party animal with fuck buddies. Living with Ryouya is Io, a cold and cool type of guy who doesn't show his emotions much, but physically he's the 'perfect fit' with Ryouya. Io doesn't normally feel much in the way of affection, but whenever he smells Ryouya's musk he just goes crazy for it. But Io's never said a word of his true feelings, not even once...

**Instant New York Times bestsellerIs understanding the science of attachment the key to building lasting friendships and finding “your people” in an ever-more-fragmented world?**How do we make and keep friends in an era of distraction, burnout, and chaos, especially in a society that often prizes romantic love at the expense of other relationships? In Platonic, Dr. Marisa G. Franco unpacks the latest, often counterintuitive findings about the bonds betwee...

Could it be that we have lost touch with some basic human realities in our day of high-tech efficiency, frenetic competition, and ceaseless consumption? Have we turned from the moral, the spiritual, and even the physical realities that make our lives meaningful? These are metaphysical questions--questions about the nature of reality--but they are not abstract questions. These are very down to earth questions that concern power and the collective frameworks of belief and action governing ou...

Cuddling your roommate is totally platonic… right?ReidPhysical contact has always made Reid uncomfortable. Crowds? People in his personal space? Touching him? All too much for this librarian. But when his roommate is spiraling, Reid steps up to provide the grounding support Parker needs.Only to find that being close to Parker isn't overwhelming.In fact, cuddling Parker feels good. Like something he didn't r...

In 1484, humanist philosopher and theologian Marsilio Ficino published the first complete Latin translation of Plato's extant works. Students of Plato now had access to the entire range of the dialogues, which revealed to Renaissance audiences the rich ancient landscape of myths, allegories, philosophical arguments, etymologies, fragments of poetry, other works of philosophy, aspects of ancient pagan religious practices, concepts of mathematics and natural philosophy, and the dialogic natu...

Griff:Walking away from my marriage was my idea of a fresh start.My kid is in college, my ex-wife and I are on good terms … but being single in my forties is a world different to being single in my teens.I’m thankful for my best friend, Heath. He’s got my back like he always does and is ready to take me out and show me how the bachelor life is done.He was never supposed to show me literally.After we wake up in bed together, ...

Friends know all your faults and love you anyway. But what happens when you cross the line between friends and . . . more than friends?ChrisMy straight roommate and I are totally not dating. Sure, Lucas and I watch videos together—yes, those kinds of videos—and sometimes fall asleep in the same bed afterward. And yeah, I bring coffee to his lab every day so I can get my hug fix. But at night, I've been out clubbing and trying to fo...

Heidegger's Platonism challenges Heidegger's 1940 interpretation of Plato as the philosopher who initiated the West's ontological decline into contemporary nihilism. Mark A. Ralkowski argues that, in his earlier lecture course, On the Essence of Truth, in which he appropriates Plato in a positive light, Heidegger discovered the two most important concepts of his later thought, namely the difference between the Being of beings and Being as such, and the 'belonging together' of Bein...

Volume I is the first part of the 3-volume book Mathematics of Harmony as a New Interdisciplinary Direction and 'Golden' Paradigm of Modern Science. 'Mathematics of Harmony' rises in its origin to the 'harmonic ideas' of Pythagoras, Plato and Euclid, this 3-volume book aims to promote more deep understanding of ancient conception of the 'Universe Harmony,' the main conception of ancient Greek science, and implementation of this conception to modern science and education.This 3-volume book ...

Are you getting older and still want to have children? Has the traditional nuclear family set up not worked out for you? Discover the benefits of raising a child with a non-romantic partner in this unique memoir on platonic co-parenting.Platonic co-parenting, also known as intentional or elective co-parenting, refers to the arrangement in which two or more individuals, who are not romantically involved, raise a child together. Platonic co-parenting can provide a ch...

Le Banquet est un texte de Platon écrit aux environs de 380 av. J.-C. Il est constitué principalement d’une longue série de discours portant sur la nature et les qualités de l’amour. Tò sumpósion en grec est traduit traditionnellement par Le Banquet, terme désignant une réception, une fête mondaine.Dans Le Banquet, Platon ne rapporte pas la scène en tant que narrateur, et se sert d'un intermédiaire, Apollodore ; il raconte comment Apollodore vient à faire le récit de cette soirée e...