The Affective Aspect of Wisdom: Some Conceptions of Love of Humanity and their Use in Philosophical Practice

The purpose of this paper is to propose to the philosophical practitioner a survey of the variety of loves of humanity found within the philosophic and religious traditions. Irving Singer, a contemporary philosopher who has written extensively on‖love,‖suggested‖that‖‘mapping‖out‖the‖conceptual‖terrain’‖of‖love‖involves being able to answer the yearning for love in different ways (Singer, 1994, p.176). One way‖is‖‘the‖love‖of‖persons’,‖advocated‖by‖Singer‖himself,‖which he deems