Kudryavzev V.T. “Psycho-Logos” of Love – Adult and Child

Keywords: love psychology adult child

Kudryavzev V.T. “Psycho-Logos” of Love – Adult and Child // Preschool Education Today. 2014, Issue 5 - p. 16–23.

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2014, 5

Vladimir T. Kudryavzev
Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Head of Department of Theory and History of L. S. Vygotsky Institute of Psychology of Russian State University for the Humanities (Moscow, Russia)

Abstract

This article is not devoted to what could be called the “psychology of love”. Rather it is about not always evident “mission” of love in the course of construction of the mental world of adult and child, and their motivation to assist each other in this construction. Greek concept “Logos” (λογος) was deeply transformed throughout the history of ancient philosophy: from Geraklit’s “words” to the fiery ether - cosmic soul in the later Stoics. One of the values of λογος is “meaning”. “Meaning” is the part of the metaphor “Psycho-Logos”.