Is love quantifiable? Is it possible to love a little or love a lot?

Question

Or - can one only love in different ways and not different degrees?

Answer 1

My friend,

There are lots of levels within the types of Love. All of which have different levels of Compassion inherent within us. They All can be exemplified by Mindfulness. There is the love of a friend. A mother to child. A child to a parent. Sibling. Husband. God/Goddess/ The One. etc etc. The best of All kinds is Unconditional Love. Love that has no boundaries but looks to the well being of the one Loved to be the Highest priority. Paul, I think, said it best in Corinthians:

"Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged. It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance."

This type of Love is Pure in Essence. One of Compassion to All.

We are All One

((((HUG))))

Namaste

Peace and Love

Answer 2

Quantifiable Meaning

Answer 3

Love is not quantifiable precisely like material things... however, like all other emotions, love too can be compared in terms of difference in degree through the nature of impact it has on the individual during trying circumstances.

Answer 4

Love is the act of considering the self interest of another as though it were your own.

Love is somewhat quantifiable. Like rating beauty on a scale of 1 to 10. So warning someone they are in danger might be a 2. Risking your life to warn them might be a 6. Laying down your life to protect them would be a 10.

But you could argue all day over the precise value of a given act. And we do.

Because while we intuitively understand Love as the willingness of another to act in our best interest, or our willingness to act in theirs; on some level we know the only way to measure 'willingness' is by observing action.

And so women (and men) endless debate what degree of 'willingness' is indicated by a given act. So yes it's possible to love a little or love a lot. And yes there are many different ways to express love.

Now, just to give this a concrete example. Because life is about creating new life. For a fertile woman, sex is an act of Love, since she is in essence committing herself to the possibility of raising her partner's child. For a man the act of Love IS to help raise the child, or a legally binding commitment to do so such as marriage.

This is why, romantically speaking, women are so fixated on the 'signs' of love. Her 'willingness' is demonstrated by sex. His willingness to commit to her best interest is internal, and must be divined by signs and portends.

Hope this helps

Answer 5

What Is Quantifiable

Answer 6

Love is the fulfilling of the other person's needs on a sensitivity to every level. Whether those needs are great or small, Love will always fulfill them.

Love is not quantifiable because it is defined by the act of fulfilling rather than the fulfillment of the need. Love cannot survive without the mutual effort on the other's behalf because the nature of Love implies Relationship.

Through Love, one sees that one's needs are only a metaphorical manifestation of the need and giving of Love, to Love and to be Loved.

It is Love that creates Oneness, and it is this Oneness that is Existence. It is without Love that Oneness ceases to exist - and chaos ensues. In a person, fulfillment is symbolized (beauty, peace, happiness, trust, gentleness, humility, purity, innocense, kindness) - Life. And non fulfillment is symbolized by self destructive behaviour (confusion, sadness, insecurity, anger, hate, emptiness, vengefulness, bitterness etc) - living death.

For the one's that do not recognize Love as the source of all metaphors: beauty, happiness, peace etc, but seek for these manifestations through alternate means they will see that they will never truly reach fulfillment of these ideals, they will fall short, and so they too will become victim to those metaphors of living death.


This is the essence that defines Christianity from all other Religions. It is the Religion where Love cannot be obtained beyond idealistic or beyond same minded people, as the state of this world and all that exists possess yin and yang, the right to choose one's truth, so one will come freely to Love or not at all. One will come through Love, to Love. Love seeks back for Itself. It is the faith of Christians when we are proven that one day our God will deliver us from this state of existence to the full glory of Love's Image.

Answer 7

Different ways, different degrees, different expressions. It totally varies according to the object of that love. And no, I don't think you can ever quantify it, neatly label it, box it.

Answer 8

To me, love, if it's really love, is quantifiable. In that sense, loving a little makes no sense, for love moves farther and farther away until it reaches its zenith. The heights or depths of love are exemplified in great Literature, especially poetry. Of course, you may encounter a proverb "Love me little, love me long," but that's love expressed in vain, or unrequited, if you know what I mean.

Answer 9

"If one wants to measure the intensity of a particular instance of love, one does so by reference to the hierarchy of values of the person experiencing it. A man may love a woman, yet may rate the neurotic satisfactions of sexual promiscuity higher than her value to him. Another man may love a woman, but may give her up, rating his fear of the disapproval of others (of his family, his friends or any random strangers) higher than her value. Still another man may risk his life to save the woman he loves, because all his other values would lose meaning without her. The emotions in these examples are not emotions of the same intensity or dimension. Do not let a James Taggart type of mystic tell you that love is immesurable."

Answer 10

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