What is your defination of Love ??

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does meaning of love differs according to relationships??
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  • Profile picture of the author rcnsmith
    It's an emotion. Like all emotion, its relative. Love for a dog, love for a person, love for a product, love for a toy, love for a show. At the end of the day I have seen people express so much love for their pets and then treat their S.O. like crap and say they 'love' them.

    Love is everything from the feeling when you hold your child for the first time to the excuse to get in her pants unfortunately.

    So yup, it does differ.
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  • Profile picture of the author abdobasha2004
    a fine blend of unconditional attraction between sensitive humans, which is simultaneous and increases by time.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    The obvious answer is pepperoni pizza. :rolleyes:
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    • Profile picture of the author HeySal
      Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

      The obvious answer is pepperoni pizza. :rolleyes:
      OUUUU - I could use a LOT of lovin' right now -with extra cheese and mushrooms.
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    • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
      Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

      The obvious answer is bacon pizza. :rolleyes:
      There. Fixed that for ya.










      (Pepperoni pizza is just infatuation).
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    • Profile picture of the author Sumit D Thakur
      Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

      The obvious answer is pepperoni pizza. :rolleyes:
      not getting it
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      • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
        Originally Posted by Yash Gangar View Post

        not getting it
        Everyone should get pepperoni pizza!
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        • Profile picture of the author Adorer
          I think that when discussing love in English it is good to bring in the four Greek words for love; agape, eros, philia, and storge. This allows us to discuss the subject with more precision. In English the word is not so precise as we can say I love pizza and I love you.
          Greek words for love:
          Greek words for love - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

          To answer your first question; God is love.

          Does the meaning differ according to relationships?

          In my personal opinion, yes and no. I would say, yes, because it is expressed differently according to whom it is that we are loving, mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, son, friend, God, etc... However, I understand that all expressions of love share fundamental roots. These roots, if you will, Aristotle would argue and I would agree, are ethical and for the good. If I recall correctly, Aristotle makes four distinctions of 'friendships' and they differ by degrees of intimacy but the wisdom is applicable to love. The idea is that we desire the absolute goodness, beauty etc... and we see or find these in a finite being. I would recommend that you read Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle: Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics

          I think it is Aristotle who argues that the superior love and the cause of true love is a love for the 'good' and we see the goodness in the beloved and it inspires us to love him/her in whom we behold or who brings out within us this absolute ethical/beauty. This may be in Nicomachean Ethics. There is also the love that comes with duty; such as that of a parent, and other types (?) of love etc... The ultimate love, of course, is the love of God. God being love itself is the root of the love we experience in a variety of ways with different people and in different occassions. To love love itself! What more can I say? Song of Songs provides a mystical reading of that love. Someone once said: Our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee - meaning - God.

          Hope this helps. :p
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  • Profile picture of the author alistair
    True love I think is something you would die for.
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