Keyword: «platonic love»

The study of the phenomenon of love (and the erotic feeling of love, in particular, as the standard that still remains in terms of explicating human nature) goes back to Plato’s philosophy, who laid down in general the classical tradition of treating love as “ideal” (“Platonic love”). Thus, as a mirror reflecting the nature of man ("spirit - body"), erotic love reveals all axiological preferences of the classical philosophical tradition, which distinguishes the first component as more significant one. “Platonic love” in the context of the relationship between a man and a woman, while structuring the feeling of love, emphasizes spiritual aspect (“love - sex”). Subsequent sociohistorical epochs through consistently implemented sexual and erotic revolutions demonstrated the possibilities of restructuring erotic love (“love - erotica - sex”), as well as limiting the axiological accents of “non-platonic” types of love (sexuality; eroticism). The article is devoted to the search for the essence of the erotic love feeling (as reflecting human nature most fully), its structure and specific manifestation (with organic merits and demerits).