The concept of love has been an eternally elusive subject. It is a definition and meaning that philosophers, psychologists, biologists, and others have been seeking since the beginning of time. In itself love is a difficult concept to define. How do you avoid confusing it with lust or desire? How can one truly define what love is? One may choose to look back at the words used by the Greeks in their definition of what love is, such as eros, philia, agape. Love does not only lie in one 's self but with others as well. That is to say that our love is directed towards others, whether it be through and through the notion of self love
We can break love into three components, Passion underlining physical desire, sexual behavior, and arousal. This …show more content…
Love towards something kept very close, intense emotional attachment to someone, or even just a treasured object. In Locke’s Second Treatise of Government, the State of Nature, as he describes it is a state of perfect equality where “no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty” and that everyone “is bound to preserve himself” (§6). I believe that the preservation of all mankind in this case is a type of love; preserving what is dearest in this world, what is most beautiful. We can also observe a notion of self love when he states that everyone “is bound to preserve himself” (§6). As he states that everyone is free and that we are all equally free, a sense of equal love arises, though I think it is impossible to know and love everybody, it is a good base to “love thy neighbor as thyself” (Leviticus …show more content…
First you have a logos that every human is familiar with, and that is a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties. For example the maternal love a mother feels for a child. We are in ways giving our love away without expecting anything in return. The love a child has towards his mother can not fall under this category because the child gives his love without even knowing he does. The mother is just a means of survival to the child. We can also see an unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another, the fatherly concern of God for humankind, or brotherly concern for others. God looks upon us and sees his creations, his sons and daughters. He protects us like a father would a child against harm. When humans look at each other, they see a brother; a person to help them in their hour of need. There is thus another type of love which is based on attraction of sexual desire, which exercise affections and tenderness felt by lovers. A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; we long to find the other part of us that has been separated from us. We have been ripped in two and our love is the only thing that can reunite us with the other part of our
We can break love into three components, Passion underlining physical desire, sexual behavior, and arousal. This …show more content…
Love towards something kept very close, intense emotional attachment to someone, or even just a treasured object. In Locke’s Second Treatise of Government, the State of Nature, as he describes it is a state of perfect equality where “no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty” and that everyone “is bound to preserve himself” (§6). I believe that the preservation of all mankind in this case is a type of love; preserving what is dearest in this world, what is most beautiful. We can also observe a notion of self love when he states that everyone “is bound to preserve himself” (§6). As he states that everyone is free and that we are all equally free, a sense of equal love arises, though I think it is impossible to know and love everybody, it is a good base to “love thy neighbor as thyself” (Leviticus …show more content…
First you have a logos that every human is familiar with, and that is a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties. For example the maternal love a mother feels for a child. We are in ways giving our love away without expecting anything in return. The love a child has towards his mother can not fall under this category because the child gives his love without even knowing he does. The mother is just a means of survival to the child. We can also see an unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another, the fatherly concern of God for humankind, or brotherly concern for others. God looks upon us and sees his creations, his sons and daughters. He protects us like a father would a child against harm. When humans look at each other, they see a brother; a person to help them in their hour of need. There is thus another type of love which is based on attraction of sexual desire, which exercise affections and tenderness felt by lovers. A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; we long to find the other part of us that has been separated from us. We have been ripped in two and our love is the only thing that can reunite us with the other part of our