I'll explain
people have murdered/raped/cheated/abused those they love dearly
makes no sense to me
but it doesn't seem that it can __conquer all__ if people can do that
love didn't conquer their monstrous characteristics
or their anger/pain, etc.
by Anonymous10 years ago
It does when you understand that love is the only thing that matters.
by Anonymous10 years ago
no
it's not the only thing that matters
compatibility matters
if you're a very liberal female
and you marry a very strict, traditional guy
fat chance that'll work even with all the love in the world
maybe that's why marriages fail
because people think love conquers all
and they fail to see important compatibility cues
by Anonymous10 years ago
I don't know what kind of love you are referring to then.
I mean the "love" used in the "love your neighbor as yourself" sense. This love is selfless; it gives and expects nothing in return. This love just is, and it is has no emotion attached other than calm. It is part of being-ness and its reach encompasses all of mankind. It exists without any self-benefit.
by Anonymous10 years ago
I'm not talking about loving they neighbor
I'm talking about the love people ruin themselves over
the one that blinds them instead of bringing clarity
by Anonymous10 years ago
That's not love. It is miss-named by song writers and poets.
by Anonymous10 years ago
I don't think we can determine if someone else feels the love or not
we can determine it for ourselves
but not for other people
by Anonymous10 years ago
Agápe concurs all
Eros is a mess
Philla is a comfort
Storge is an illusion
You are talking about eros - dangerous stuff that.
by Anonymous10 years ago
eros is still categorized as love though
you said so yourself on that other post
and I don't think Storge is an illusion
why do you think that?
by Anonymous10 years ago
I think that the occasional use of storge to describe love for your parents or children is a misnomer, that is covered by philla. Storge is more like "I love apple pie" or "I love rock and roll" or my country - not people but things. The love of money e.g. Brotherly love is also covered by philla.
by Anonymous10 years ago
based on that wiki page
I thought of it as an affection that you feel without a choice because the person you feel affection for has been chosen for you (ex: towards family members)
I didn't get anything about materialism
by Anonymous10 years ago
As I said I think this is a misnomer. It is often defined that way, however my experience in reading Greek text it has almost always used it for material or authority figures - rarely have I seem it used for "families" in ancient text. It is commonly used that way (familial) by biblical "scholars" but that usage disagrees with my experience so that's what I meant when I said it is an illusion. I think philla is this more accepted use, at least by the time of Plato. Usage in the presocratic texts is somewhat scarce.
by Anonymous10 years ago
I got served
by Anonymous10 years ago
Love doesn't seem to be able to conquer our darker nature. Not all the time.
by Anonymous10 years ago
yeah
I'm sure that parent loved the kids
still drowned them in the bathtub though
it doesn't always conquer insanity either
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