The Mind and Heart of Love: A Study in Eros and Agape

The Mind and Heart of Love, first published in 1945 by T. S. Eliot, addresses the twofold mystery of love as eros and agape. Called an “important discussion” by the renowned Dominican pracher Gerald Vann, The Mind and Heart of Love carefully examines the views of Anders Nygren, Martin Buber, Pierre Rousselot, and Carl Jung—among others—on the question of love, both human and divine, comparing and contrasting them with the philosophical, poetic, psychological, and theological bounty of the Christian tradition, to develop a rich theory of love as a harmony of giving and receiving.The magnum opus of D’Arcy’s astonishing career, The Mind and Heart of Love: A Study in Eros and Agape is an eloquent treatise on the central mystery of life, notable, in the words of one contemporary reviewer, for its power in “conditioning the minds of unbelievers for the reception of divine grace.”