Law And Love

Law is seen as the civilizing force which is necessary to restrain the Eros of love, because love points to our contingency, passionate nature. But doesn't living under the law have any questions?Through Antigone, I want to argue the main protagonists construct their lives under the law, neglecting the contingency, so in the end the tragedy happened. In fact this method pushed legalism to the extreme. In my opinion, legalism has validity because it shows the respect for the law and the desire for the certainty, but it should be controlled at a proper limit. In tragedy the question is prompted by the present of love Hamon. Law needs love to walk out of its stickiness, and love which is dangerous needs law to avoid chaos. Love and law aren't in opposition, love makes the openness of law come true. Through love, the article finds a method of walking out of exceeding legalism, which is breaking the law properly guided by its aspiration and so the right attitude of dealing with law and love is respecting their distinguished exists and keeping them in differentiated unity in order to have a liberal and rational life.