The Problem With Love Is...
By grudge
@grudge (299)
India
January 12, 2007 4:31am CST
This is for anyone who's in love, out of love,unlucky in love , you name it.
Ask for opinions, share ideas, advice, tell your best and your worst stories....the possibilities are endless and up to you... :)
Hopefully you'll find answer you need and at least a little comfort and happiness with your problems here :)
Well if someone start replying there stories i ill say mine too.
so waiting for you guyz to comeup :)
2 responses
@shalwani (760)
• Pakistan
11 Feb 07
“Man cannot live without love. He remains a being that is incomprehensible for himself, his life is senseless, if love is not revealed to him, if he does not encounter love, if he does not experience it and make it his own, if he does not participate intimately in it”
— John Paul II
While we all know that love is, or can be, a problem, we do not often think of it as a philosophical problem. There are few words in the English language that are more often used and abused than the word “love,” to the point that it seems to mean anything and therefore nothing in particular. The purpose of this course is, in the first place, to acquire as much insight as we can into the nature of love through a careful reading of and reflection on texts, both classic and contemporary, in the history of philosophy and the Christian tradition that present some aspect of this great mystery.
The basic philosophical problem that will guide our reflection on love is expressed by the French philosopher, Pierre Rousselot, in a book of his that we will be reading this semester: “Is a love that is not egoistic possible? And if it is possible, what is the relation between this pure love of the other and the love of self that seems to be the basis of all natural tendencies?” (Rousselot, 76). This basic question can take on many forms depending on the context. As we reflect on this particular question, we will address a number of other questions along the way: What is the relationship between eros and agape? Between love and rational self-interest? Between love and passion? Between love and altruism? Between love of God and love of neighbor? Between the self and the other in love? Between the body and the soul in love? What exactly do we love when we love another person, or when we love God? Indeed, is it even possible to love God or for God to love us? What, if anything, does Christianity add to our conception of the nature of love?
