2007-03-20 11:52:48 · 23 answers · asked by Jamie 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Allman...quit that!
Spit it out man!
It doesn't matter if I agree with you! Don't make assumptions...honestly!
Who knows, I might agree with you.
Stranger things have happened...big smile as I am typing.
Your thoughts are valued.
2007-03-21 07:12:36 · update #1
That's more like it...
2007-03-22 12:14:34 · update #2
Everyone your answers are delightfull!
Thank you!
2007-03-25 16:16:18 · update #3
Oh my! This is going to sound brutal. Oxytocin is a hormone that also acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain. It is formed in the pituitary gland(right in the center of our brain, so one could say Love is the center of all things) Oxytocin is involved in social recognition and bonding, and is thought to be involved in the formation of trust between people.
Oxytocin levels have been reported to be higher in people who claim to be falling in love.
That seems to be the physiological definition of love. How one feels as that hormone travels through the body is open to that persons interpretation, but it is a universal feeling and has been documented and written about through the ages. Everyone recognizes its' emotional (and physical) effects.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning said it very well in her poem How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
And let us not forget the Bible and its book The Song of Solomon. For those who wish to read it, here is a site: http://www.gospelhall.org/bible/bible.php?passage=Song+1 for it is rather long for this answer.
2007-03-28 10:18:09 · answer #1 · answered by aggylynn 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Love is any of a number of emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong affection or profound oneness with another.
The Psychology of Love depicts love as a cognitive and social phenomenon. Psychologist Robert Sternberg formulated a triangular theory of love and argued that love has three different components: Intimacy, Commitment, and Passion.
Intimacy is a form by which two people can share secrets and various details of their personal lives. Intimacy is usually shown in friendships and romantic love affairs.
Commitment, on the other hand, is the expectation that the relationship is going to last forever.
Passion, is love shown in an uncontrollable force of ATTRACTION OR AFFINITY TOWARDS ANOTHER. This led researchers such as Yela to further refine the model by separating Passion into two independents components: Erotic Passion and Romantic Passion.
Erotic Passion is the sexual attraction and passionate arousal WE FEEL.
Romantic Passion defines the nature and EXPECTATIONS WE HAVE of human mating in terms of attachments, ties, bonds, and/or affinities.
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2007-03-20 19:48:44 · answer #2 · answered by jhr4games 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Love, at first, is a feeling of attraction, and desire to get to know another and to share in the life of that person. Then it grows into a unconditional commitment to that person, a bond that makes the two as if they are one. At least that is how I've experienced love for the woman I've been with for 37 years, since I first met her in high school.
2007-03-26 09:14:46 · answer #3 · answered by philcya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In one sense, it's an emotional feeling. In another sense, it's a mental state of being. In still another sense, it's a power and a perspective, a point of view.
I know there's a difference between the power OF love and the power TO love.
2007-03-20 19:14:51 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Whew what a question. Love is so varied in degrees, what kind of love ? Its like two extremes: fullest happiness and extreme misery all at the same time :)
2007-03-26 08:43:15 · answer #5 · answered by t24 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
love is a companionship between ppl. In a sexual one there is more pain than love. You can love someone to death but it doesn't mean your with them or married to them. Like angelica and i have been friends since gr.1 and were still friends now. We've never dated or anything, but were like brother and sister.
2007-03-28 15:50:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Regardless of where love comes from or who it's towards or for what subconscious reasons or etc. etc. love is wanting to dissolve into the infinite - it's happiness, selflessness, and peace rolled into one.
2007-03-27 17:08:19 · answer #7 · answered by Basil 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love for your children can be strong enough to die for them. Love for your friends and relatives means you care about their well being and lives. Love for a lover is often confused with Lust and therein lies the problem.
2007-03-20 18:58:00 · answer #8 · answered by beez 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As soon as it is defined, it is lost in the definition. My thoughts don't matter much, but this no thing that is unspoken is of great importance.
2007-03-24 18:06:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"1 Corinthians 13".
I won't quote the Bible....but it is the "Excellence of Love", that convinces me that Love is a very important part of life.
Love is the original energy.
2007-03-23 02:58:47 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋