Poster with a light colored background and printed in black ink. Left side in Polish and right side in Yiddish.

Lecture poster: “Platonic Love and Desire for Women”

Vilna, Poland, 1926. Poster promoting a lecture.

Poster advertising a talk by Lazar Kahan, editor of the Warsaw Ekspres, on “Platonic Love and Attraction to Women”, on March 14th (1926?).  It included presentations about the works of Plato, Dante, and the poet Novalis. Full translation below:

KRENGEL HALL  Ludwisarska 4

Sunday, March 14th, there will be a LECTURE

By Editor

Lazar KAHAN

On the Topic

PLATONIC LOVE and DESIRE FOR WOMEN

THESES:

Plato and his Theory of Love—Dante’s Platonic Love for Beatrice—The Poet Novalis on Platonic Love—Spiritual Love and the Sexual Instinct—Desire for Women and Love—Spiritual and Sexual Love

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Digitization of this artifact has been made possible by the Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections project.

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