“Immortality in Mortality.” The Conception and Significance of the Fundamental Phenomenon of Eros in Eugen Fink’s Thought.

This paper analyses the concept and significance of the fundamental phenomenon of eros in Eugen Fink’s thought. First, it makes eros explicit as a supra-individual phenomenon that makes freedom eccentric. Then it presents sexual love as a cosmic determination of existence that fuses the lovers with the impulse of renewal and perpetuation of life that runs through the whole world. Next, it exposes the religious significance of eros as an experience of the divine and the sacredness of life. Finally, it makes explicit the fundamental ethical questioning that the analysis of the cosmological meaning of eros poses to today’s society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]