Love and Lies: An Essay on Truthfulness, Deceit, and the Growth and Care of Erotic Love

A provocative and unflinching look at the nature of love and deception, by celebrated author and philosopher Clancy Martin

Is it possible to love well without lying? At least since Socrates’s discourse on love in Plato’s Symposium, philosophers have argued that love can lead us to the truth—about ourselves and the ones we love. But in the practical experience of erotic love—and perhaps especially in marriage—we find that love and lies often work hand in hand, and that it may be difficult to ...