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The Gray Area with Sean Illing cover image

The project of Socratic love with Agnes Callard

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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The Problem With Expecting Too Much From Your Relationship

Do you think we expect too much from our relationships? Is it unfair or unreasonable to expect one person to be enough for anyone? Socrates's theory of romance is that the way that we behave in here, I really mean specifically romance. We've decided that crazy is normal in a certain kind of context.

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