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[Unedited] Alain de Botton with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

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Are You Trying to Change Me?

i'm very intrigued by how you talk about the ancient greeks and their pedagogical view of love. One of the greatest insults that you can level at a lover in the modern world is to say, i want to change you. The ancient greeks had a view of love which was essentially based around education. That what love means love is a benevolent process whereby two people try to teach each other how to become better versions of themselves....

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