Definition Essay: What Is Love?
Definition essay “What is Love?”
What is love? The words “I love you, I love this, I love that” can have many meanings
and can vary according to the person making the statement. For example, when you say
you love your mother, does it have the same meaning as when you say “I love baseball”?
Is the love you have for your mother the same as the love you have for baseball? Though
both statements say you love, are you meaning the same love? Probably not. So what is
the different meaning of love in these two statements? I believe we can find some of the
different meanings of love and possibly define the word “love”. I believe the word love is
defined best by the Bible.
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Is love the most powerful emotion
man can have? I believe so. Love for another can make someone give up their most basic
rights and their very lives to see someone they love be better off. We have seen this in
movies and heard it in songs. We all have seen movies depicting someone giving their
life to save someone else from death or some other horrendous consequence.. What
about the love Romeo had for Juliet? Not wanting to live without his true love, he ended
his life rather than go on without her.
What about the different levels or degrees of love? Let’s discuss a few. First off, what
about friendship between two people. Isn’t this a lesser kind of love? Two people who
care about each other, want the best for each other, and look forward to spending time
together? Secondly, what about love for family and love for siblings? We live our whole
lives living each day with our family members, knowing them intimately, growing to
love them more day by day, and needing them more and more. Thirdly, I believe, is love
for a spouse, the romantic kind of love. How many Hollywood movies have been
produced about this kind of love? Good luck with counting them. How many
What is love? The words “I love you, I love this, I love that” can have many meanings
and can vary according to the person making the statement. For example, when you say
you love your mother, does it have the same meaning as when you say “I love baseball”?
Is the love you have for your mother the same as the love you have for baseball? Though
both statements say you love, are you meaning the same love? Probably not. So what is
the different meaning of love in these two statements? I believe we can find some of the
different meanings of love and possibly define the word “love”. I believe the word love is
defined best by the Bible.
Lets explore …show more content…
Is love the most powerful emotion
man can have? I believe so. Love for another can make someone give up their most basic
rights and their very lives to see someone they love be better off. We have seen this in
movies and heard it in songs. We all have seen movies depicting someone giving their
life to save someone else from death or some other horrendous consequence.. What
about the love Romeo had for Juliet? Not wanting to live without his true love, he ended
his life rather than go on without her.
What about the different levels or degrees of love? Let’s discuss a few. First off, what
about friendship between two people. Isn’t this a lesser kind of love? Two people who
care about each other, want the best for each other, and look forward to spending time
together? Secondly, what about love for family and love for siblings? We live our whole
lives living each day with our family members, knowing them intimately, growing to
love them more day by day, and needing them more and more. Thirdly, I believe, is love
for a spouse, the romantic kind of love. How many Hollywood movies have been
produced about this kind of love? Good luck with counting them. How many