Un testo "eretico" di Martinetti sul matrimonio

The paper offers an initial brief overview of marriage seen by philosophers to dwell on the original and provocative thesis of Piero Martinetti. For Martinetti there are three forms of love: physical (instinctive) love, sentimental (emotional) love, spiritual (unitive) love. Authentic marriage is the realization and enhancement of spiritual love through both physical love and sentimental love. But few unions between men and women are able to achieve the status of a spiritual and moral act so high. It is not enough to be cautious in concluding the marriage bond; it is necessary to know how to conserve and transform the erotic and sentimental bond in a moral and spiritual bond. Thus the marriage described by Martinetti is a vocation and is not for everyone.