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20th September 2010, 07:09 PM
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If we are all going to live together peacefully, "What is the true meaning of "Love?" Is love even necessary?
"Velvet glove and iron fist does also work  !", if one does understand that we all have to live together, and some folks only understand one thing .
just love!
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20th September 2010, 08:38 PM
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Like everything else in the world, there's a spectrum. I guess you are referring to people specifically, so there's familial love, crushes, lust, brotherly love...
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21st September 2010, 01:29 AM
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Reps: 304,016,181,343,682,816 (power: 304,016,181,343,703) | | Originally Posted by tucker58  If we are all going to live together peacefully, "What is the true meaning of "Love?"
There is no "true" meaning of "Love". Yet, Love can be experienced both by the lover and the beloved. Love has understanding, compassion, patience, awareness, heart, nurturing, listening, unity, and much more. Love reaches across great distances. Love can move mountains and stop wars, feed the poor, house the homeless, provide medical help to those in need, and create master art pieces. These are just a few thoughts to get things started.
It's vital!! Humanities survival depends upon it. For a human being to be fully Human, love is a critical component. Infants depend upon the love of their mother for survival. For a healthy family that is not dysfunctional, love is required to be at the center. There are so many examples. .
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21st September 2010, 01:37 AM
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21st September 2010, 01:53 AM
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However, this world needs respect for others more than love. It is too easy to look down on people one loves, and it is too easy to try to control them out of love.
Peace in the world requires an appreciation, or at least tolerance, for differences. It needs a certain measure of equality and the possibility of earned admiration.
eudaimonia,
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21st September 2010, 02:08 AM
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21st September 2010, 04:24 AM
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Reps: 144,838,445,331,249,856 (power: 144,838,445,331,255) | | Originally Posted by Eudaimonist ...However, this world needs respect for others more than love. It is too easy to look down on people one loves, and it is too easy to try to control them out of love.
Peace in the world requires an appreciation, or at least tolerance, for differences. It needs a certain measure of equality and the possibility of earned admiration.
An attitude of respect (and the other attitudes you mention) should be contained within the concept of love. I would argue that you cannot truly love somebody without respecting them. I imagine that is what the OP is getting at.
I would tend to agree with your implication however, that because the word Love is so open to interpretation we would be better off focusing on putting into practise it's constituent parts. |
21st September 2010, 04:36 AM
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I don't see why this should be the case. That just seems to make love a grab bag of everything good one might want to associate with it. I would argue that you cannot truly love somebody without respecting them.
I wouldn't, but I think that love for another adult person is unlikely to be complete and beneficial without respect. This doesn't make respect a "constituent part" of love, but at most a pre-condition.
Anyway, I disapprove of the reduction of the good life to love. Love is good, but it just isn't the case that "all we need is love". This has long been a pet peeve of mine. eudaimonia,
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21st September 2010, 05:51 AM
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Reps: 193,785,381,170,647,040 (power: 193,785,381,170,653) | | Originally Posted by hikersong An attitude of respect (and the other attitudes you mention) should be contained within the concept of love. I would argue that you cannot truly love somebody without respecting them. I imagine that is what the OP is getting at.
I would tend to agree with your implication however, that because the word Love is so open to interpretation we would be better off focusing on putting into practise it's constituent parts.
Agree with you Hiker, ations speak louder than words. |
21st September 2010, 09:41 AM
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Reps: 304,016,181,343,682,816 (power: 304,016,181,343,703) | | Originally Posted by Eudaimonist Love is good, but it just isn't the case that "all we need is love". This has long been a pet peeve of mine.
Compassion and Service are also needed. But Love needs to be at the heart of both.
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