My friend said that it sometimes feels like our friendship is platonic. What did she mean?
2007-02-10 05:13:51 · 10 answers · asked by shellybelly 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
Basically in reference to relationships, it means non-romantic, devoid of the sensual element.
2007-02-10 05:19:11 · answer #1 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Platonic love in its modern popular sense is an affectionate relationship into which the sexual element does not enter, especially in cases where one might easily assume otherwise. A simple example of platonic relationships is a deep, non-sexual friendship between two heterosexual people of the opposite sexes.[1]
At the same time, this interpretation is a misunderstanding of the nature of the Platonic ideal of love, which from its origin was that of a chaste but passionate love, based not on disinterest but virtuous restraint of sexual desire. In its original Platonic form, this love was meant to bring the lovers closer to wisdom and the Platonic Form of Beauty. It is described in depth in Plato's Phaedrus and Symposium. In the Phaedrus, it is said to be a form of divine madness that is a gift from the gods, and that its proper expression is rewarded by the gods in the afterlife; in the Symposium, the method by which love takes one to the form of beauty and wisdom is detailed.
2007-02-10 05:18:13 · answer #2 · answered by tewarienormy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Originally it means love focused on the beauty of a person's character and intelligence rather than on their physical charms.
The English term dates back as far as Sir William Davenant's Platonic Lovers (1636). It is derived from the concept in Plato's Symposium of the love of the idea of good which lies at the root of all virtue and truth.
2007-02-10 05:33:20 · answer #3 · answered by etherberg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Non-sexual, you are friends that don't do anything sexual that is what Platonic means. Like my best friend and I have a platonic relationship, there is nothing but friendship.
2007-02-10 05:16:27 · answer #4 · answered by Hawaiisweetie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
purely spiritual; free from sensual desire, esp. in a relationship between two persons of the opposite sex.
2007-02-10 05:38:14 · answer #5 · answered by Stephanie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love on another without to having sex.
2007-02-10 05:19:02 · answer #6 · answered by cobrasnake 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Friends only no sex hopefully you are a guy.
2007-02-10 05:18:27 · answer #7 · answered by sweetpea 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
friends without benefits!!
2007-02-10 05:19:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No sexual interest at all. JUST friends.
2007-02-10 05:17:25 · answer #9 · answered by tedandgen1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a realtionship with no sex involved in any way.
2007-02-10 05:16:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋