Only a few will deny that such men as Pascal, Plato, and Kierkegaard have increased our understanding of the concept of love. But only a few, I am afraid, may be willing to say that the book by Dr. Benda has added something new to what has been known before. In his discussion of psychoanalysis Dr. Benda claims that Freud was unable to differentiate between love and sex, disregarding the fact that Freud made clear that he would use the term sex in the same way as Empedocles and Plato employed the word eros. Analysts are well aware of the fact that the study of psychodynamics alone will