This book is about the most sublime human feeling - about love, about the worship of female beauty, in a word, about the sphere of human existence, which was sung among all peoples at all times. Here are collected both serious philosophical treatises on this topic, and light, playful works, in which the wit, grace of the syllable and entertainment of the plot clearly prevail over philosophy. Among these names are Guido Cavalcanti, Lorenzo Pisano, Marsilio Ficino, Leon Ebreo, Baldasear Castiglione, Francesco Cattani, Agnolo Firenzuola, Tullia Aragona, Giuseppe Betussi, Bartolomeo Gottifredi, Francesco Sanzuola sauvino, Pierre de Bourdeil, Senier de Brant Many of the works of philosophers are first translated into Russian. Designed for a wide range of readers.