Episode 22 - On Love; with Arash Naraghi

February 14 2025

In this episode of The Fly-Bottle Podcast, we talked with Arash Naraghi on Love. In this discussion, we explored topics such as love in Iranian culture, the virtue of love in modern ethics, healthy and unhealthy love, the relationship between erotic love and agape, romantic experiences in societies with social inequality, the crisis of masculinity, tidal love versus stream-like love, reasoning and choice in love, the difference between anger and love, polyamory, and more.

Arash Naraghi, born in 1966 in Tehran, is a prominent thinker in the fields of philosophy, mysticism, and theology. He obtained his PhD in pharmacy from the University of Tehran in 1990 and later pursued a PhD in philosophy with a focus on philosophy of religion, epistemology, and ethics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Currently, Dr. Naraghi is a professor of philosophy and religion at Moravian College in Pennsylvania, USA.

His research interests include Islamic mysticism, modern Islamic theology, epistemology, ancient Greek philosophy, ethics, philosophy of rights, and philosophy of religion. He has authored and translated several works, including a book titled "On Love". This session was organized by one of The Fly-Bottle Circles.

Audio: Behdad Chalaki

Music: Reza Nadri

Cover art: Pouya Fatoureh Chi

Produced by: Aghil Abed Zadeh