num_pages: 127
description: Dietrich von Hildebrand here explores the mystery of sexuality with a firm and beautiful Catholic understanding. He corrects mistakes some Christian authors make about marital sexuality details the unique profundity of sexual desire warns you about wrong approaches to sex that can destroy a marriage explains the meaning of the conjugal act (it's much more than mere satisfaction of desire) and shows why modesty and purity are important even within marriage. He even reveals how to tell genuine from false love and how the true lover regards his beloved's shortcomings!
language: English
title: Man, Woman, and the Meaning of Love: Gods Plan for Love, Marriage, Intimacy, and the Family
publisher: Sophia Institute Press