Love is an activity not a passive affect. In the most general way, the active character of love can be described by stating that love is primarily giving not receiving.
Fromm Stated that there are Five Types of Love .
Brotherly Love.
Motherly Love.
Erotic Love .
Self Love and,.
Love of God .
Most people see the problem of love primarily as that of being loved rather than that of loving, of one's capacity to LOVE. .
a. men: to be successful, to be powerful and rich; .
b. women: to make oneself attractive; .
c. men and women: to develop pleasant manners, interesting conversation, to be helpful, modest, inoffensive. .
LOVE is the problem of an object, not the problem of talent.
Confusion between the initial experience of falling in LOVE and the permanent state of being in LOVE.
Being in Love.
Being in love is a kind of madness, involving unrealistic perceptions and ideals. A person in love sees the best in his or her loved one and is able to overlook the others shortcomings. Being in love thinks constantly about the loved one, is jealous, unrealistic, will tolerate anything, is sexually attracted by physical appearance, needs repeated reassurance he/she is loved in return. Typically lasts a few months or a few years. it doesnt change loving people. It creates a new view of each person for him or herself and for each other. The in love focus comes when the cozy feeling are used as a barometer to determine a level of commitment in a relationship. People in love most often become dillusioned because the intense cozy feelings fade away. Once the infatuation has worn off as it always does, people suddenly believe they must not have been meant for each other. Otherwise theyd still feel the same.
If two people who have been strangers as all of us are, suddenly let the wall between them break down and feel close, feel a moment of oneness it is the most exciting, miraculous, exhilarating experience in life. This type of love is by its nature not lasting.
What is Love? Love is affection. Love is sacrifice. Love is compromise. Love is faith. Love is believable and unbelievable. Love is destiny. Love is strength. Love is trust. Love is a desire with lust. Love is the world. Yeah, exactly what is love? Love is all about showing...
One might ask, "How is love expressed? Are there certain categories in which love falls? How do different people react to love?" Love is expressed through a variety of mediums. ... If everyone understood their love language, people would learn how to better love others. ...
Throughout history Love has been a topic of conversation. Plato's Symposium provides us with many different views and theories about Love. ... After describing history of Love, he proposes that each person is half of a complete love relationship, a whole. ... It is perfectly accepted having males seek Love with females; if no Love is found having males interacting with the females, so that by the mutual embraces of man and woman they might breed, and the race might continue. Or, equally so, if a man came to a man to seek Love; if Love is not found they might be satisfied and go about th...
Love is the desire for the soul. ... Confused from what love really is, they immediately attract on each other. ... Lastly, they liked the idea of love itself, rather than loving the person. ... Lastly, Romeo and Juliet loved the idea of "being in love"" instead of truly loving the actual person. ... It is clear that the type of "love"" that Romeo and Juliet are experiencing is nothing but lust and an illusion of what appears to be love. ...
"Sex without Love" by Sharon Olds, expresses her emotions against loveless sex as a hurtful and cold act. ... Sex with love leads to babys that are wanted. On the other hand sex without love can lead to unwanted babies that get given away. ... The figurative meaning of cardio could be love because the heart is a symbol of love. ... When referring to Sex Without Love, the topic of religion can be brought into the discussion. ...
Since many people fall into and out of love it is difficult to define what love actually is. ... He compares young people to being apprentices of love. ... I believe in most of what Rilke has to say about love. ... Rilke says that we need to learn how to love. ... How does one learn love without mistaking false love as truth? ...
Throughout this essay, I will be focusing on how love is presented through in Shakespeare's: Romeo and Juliet and how love is presented through a series of sonnets (18, 130 and 134). ... Throughout the play there is a constant theme of love and fate. ... 'Alas that love, whose view is muffled still. ... This also shows how ' first love' isn't always 'true love'. We can compare this type of love to that in Sonnet 130. ...
It is not love that affirms the bond of man's unity, but it is man's unity and his bonding which integrate love into man. ... Because of love, some of mankind's greatest histories have been recognized as infamous, but also some of mankind's greatest histories have also been recognized, all of them influenced by Love. Was it not the power of love which allowed the Israelites to unify against the Egyptians? Was it not the power of love which brought forth Helen from Sparta and the destruction of Troy? Was it not the power of love which made Buddha an enlightened sage? ...
This is a location of Love Canal. ... So what is the lesson of Love Canal? ... The Love Canal neighborhood is in the southeast section of the La Salle area of Niagara Falls, New York. ... Unusually heavy rain and snowfalls in 1975 and 1976 provided high ground-water levels in the Love Canal area. ... In 1978, the Department of Health learned that Love Canal chemicals had surfaced at the site. ...
