2007-09-21 06:16:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anirban 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I am a little confused by the question, certainly you must have parents, or siblings that you love. Many people choose to live a single life and a very happy. That is not say that they are without love. They may fill their life with the love of the theater, or the love of books, or perhaps the love of animals, or even helping others. Living alone is quiet and peaceful and very gratifying if that is the choice you make.
2007-09-21 06:28:08 · answer #1 · answered by teresa m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many people think that love is something that you need. A person can live a happy full life without the love of someone else as long as they have a deep love of themselves. Otherwise people will search for importance through other people without realizing they have their importance all by themselves.
2007-09-21 06:24:44 · answer #2 · answered by Carboni™ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically yes. I am willing to bet that there are a significant number of people who never come across "true love" with another human being. However, I think many people come to "love" pets, food, or other substitutes for human love.
I'm also willing to bet that most people feel a twinge of something resembling love towards a person and get rejected, leaving them confused about if they should love again. Therefore, they don't try.
I believe that people should always try. If they feel something go for it. Life can be richer if one has loved and lost. (or loved and stayed happy.)
But who is someone who has never had a knockdown dragout fight with a lover. There's a kind of human connection in that that is part of love.
2007-09-21 06:31:13 · answer #3 · answered by mayerme23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love is of many sorts, and we may need different forms of love, at different times in our life, depending on our wants or biological needs, and there may be moments when we may even need to get rid of all thoughts about whatever is intended as love.
No, it is not possible to live thru a full life-time without love, because when helpless babies we need love and care because we need a mother, even a putative one, who wants us to survive, someone who may make our survival possible. We can only scream if we feel that we do not get the love and the assiduous care that is due to us.
Anyway, to be loved by others is not always the best for one's own development and freedom. Thus there may be individuals who may end up wishing that they never were loved.
Many places in the world, and different religions, have examples of anchorites that may be seen as strong souls who do not enjoy any empathic nearness of others or interaction with others, and thus they may live without any concrete demonstration of love from others.
Not being loved by anybody may give an enormous feeling of independence and may induce to real self-love and even to indifference about customary matters of love.
I have been thinking that even when among those who love us most we should want to be, to feel like, a lone fiercy and alien fox - trying to become more astute, trying to be ever more glowing in a state of complete disregard of habitual objects of love.
Lovelessness may be beautiful, just as much as loneliness may be beautiful.
2007-09-21 08:28:55 · answer #4 · answered by pasquale garonfolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If one knows what love is, then it is not possible to live life without love. If one does not know what love is, then yes it is possible to live a lifetime without love.
2007-09-25 05:33:40 · answer #5 · answered by Iconoclast 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose that it is. But I, personally, wouldn't consider it to be much of a life.
Doug
2007-09-21 06:39:45 · answer #6 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Love is something we're hard-wired for.
2007-09-21 06:37:09 · answer #7 · answered by R[̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]ution 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Impossible because to not have that sense of need as well as trust and affection is means of death itself.
2007-09-21 06:21:48 · answer #8 · answered by Crazy and Lovin It 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but what a poor life it would be.
2007-09-21 10:01:13 · answer #9 · answered by teacupn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only is it possible but it might also be preferable.
2007-09-21 08:26:30 · answer #10 · answered by sokrates 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋