Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. Plato and the First Philosophy of Love, 2. Th e Love of Christ, 3. Th e Loves of St. Augustine and the Church: Religion plus Philosophy plus Politics, 4. Th e Medieval Return of Venus, 5. Dante’s Divine Comedy: Th e Heavenly Romance, 6. Love in the Family and Its Dissolution, 7. De Sade and the Love of Evil, 8. Charles Sanders Peirce and Love as Evolutionary Principle, Conclusion, Index