PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Matula, Jozef
TI  - 
DP  - 2025 Mar 5
TA  - Aither
PG  - 72--89
VI  - 16
IP  - 2
AID - 10.5507/aither.2025.001
IS  - 18037879
AB  - This paper examines Leone Ebreo's Dialoghi d'Amore (1535), a celebrated Renaissance work of Jewish thought renowned for its syncretic, enigmatic, and encyclopaedic character. The main objective of this paper is to explore love as an ontological principle, a cosmic and universal force that binds together all beings, both animate and inanimate. The analysis begins with Leone's conceptualisation of love within animals and humans, including his classification of the various causes of love. The paper then considers his arguments for the existence of 'love in inanimate entities', examining the similarities and differences between animate and inanimate beings.