Basic Instinct 7: What is love?

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Reply Sat 8 May, 2010 09:21 am
What is love?

There are biochemical answers. There are physiological answers. There are psychological answers. There are physical answers. There are emotional answers. There are personal answers. And then there are philosophical answers. Like this one:

YouTube - Speech of Aristophanes
I've never really asked what love is, but it seems like it's everywhere - in talking with friends, in movies, in TV shows etc. You hear people say "I love you." But seriously, if it's so common and real, what is it?

What is love to you?
 
kennethamy
 
Reply Sat 8 May, 2010 10:07 am
@platorepublic,
platorepublic;161713 wrote:
What is love?

There are biochemical answers. There are physiological answers. There are psychological answers. There are physical answers. There are emotional answers. There are personal answers. And then there are philosophical answers. Like this one:

YouTube - Speech of Aristophanes
I've never really asked what love is, but it seems like it's everywhere - in talking with friends, in movies, in TV shows etc. You hear people say "I love you." But seriously, if it's so common and real, what is it?

What is love to you?


"What is love? 'Tis not hereafter. Present mirth hath present laughter". Andrew Marvel knew the score! "Love's the stuff will not endure."
 
platorepublic
 
Reply Sat 8 May, 2010 01:58 pm
@kennethamy,
kennethamy;161747 wrote:
"What is love? 'Tis not hereafter. Present mirth hath present laughter". Andrew Marvel knew the score! "Love's the stuff will not endure."

Oh there is also another definition by Sternberg. Love has three components:

(i) Intimacy
(ii) Passion
(iii) Commitment

I really like this guideline for beginners.
 
Fido
 
Reply Sun 9 May, 2010 10:09 pm
@platorepublic,
Love is not real... Love is a moral form like virtue or liberty...Love is not real, but we find we cannot live without love, so we make it seem as though real...
 
 

 
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