The English word "love" can refer to a variety of different feelings‚ states‚ and attitudes that ranges from interpersonal affection to pleasure . It can refer to an emotion of a strong attraction and personal attachment. It can also be a virtue representing human kindness‚ compassion‚ and affection—"the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another". As well‚ it may describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans‚ one’s self or animals. Four forms of interpersonal
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was in love”. What does such a statement imply about the nature of love? Write an essay which argues your particular view on the nature of love and the object of that love. Limit your answer to the notion of romantic love and use Robert Ehman as a starting point. Everybody seems to believe that love is a good thing. However‚ not all agree on what love is. Is love that warm fuzzy feeling a person has when they are with a familiar person? According to the Bible‚ love is caring in action. Love is not
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About love Psychologists and researchers have proposed a number of different theories of love. Love is a basic human emotion‚ but understanding how and why it happens is not necessarily easy. In fact‚ for a long time‚ many people suggested that love was simply something that science couldn’t understand. The following are four of the major theories proposed to explain liking‚ love‚ and emotional attachment. Scales of Liking and Loving The nature of love has been explored by a number of theorists
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INTERPERSONAL ATTRACTION AND LOVE: Attraction is what makes us choose to interact with some people and not others. Many factors influence this attraction. Examples are: i. Propinquity: This is geographical closeness. People tend to be attracted to people they know well and interact with often. The propinquity effect is the finding that the more we see and interact with people; the more likely they are to be our friend and potential partners. ii. Similarity and Homogamy: while propinquity
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English 1B Word Count: 1623 “The Stranger Who Was Your Self.” “Feast on your life.” Every time I hear that phrase it sends goose bumps all over my body and chills down my spine. “Love After Love” by Derek Walcott sends strong messages through his multi-cultural upbringing. Walcott was raised in Castries‚ St. Lucia‚ an ex-British colony‚ that reflects a lot through his Caribbean culture in his poems. Mr. Housden believes this poem is about “alienation and belonging” and “homecoming and exile”
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place. Egocentricity‚ have power over and fear will break almost any relationship. Kindness‚ independence and love will create the most beautiful relationship: an enduring romance. Relationships & Love Relationships and Love are one of the most important aspects in a person’s life. I am reading a great book titled The Mastery of Love by Ruitz. This book shows great analogies of love and relationships. One of my favorite discussions in the book relates to the ultimate relationship is between
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Love can last a lifetime if you are willing to understand that it requires maintenance. Ups and downs‚ meeting in the middle‚ sacrificing.. Just don’t give up. -- Some things just aren’t meant to last. They take up a little space in your heart and leave you a little smarter for next time. -- ------------------------------------------------- You can leave me Take away all that I have You can want me Love me for who I am Choices‚ romance Takin’ me high in the air Flying‚ so scared Afraid
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Within the two short stories One Intoxicating Evening of Spring Breeze‚ and Love and Bread‚ the emotion of love is carefully scrutinized. However opposite these stories seem to be‚ they both have some things in common. In One Intoxicating Evening of Spring Breeze‚ love is taken to be not nearly as important as financial stability‚ and in Love and Bread‚ love is perceived as something that conquers all. In One Intoxicating Evening of Spring Breeze‚ the narrator is a desperately poor man living
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Buzzz Research papers : Issue 5 14th February 2010 The Buzzz Ltd Rear Suite‚ The Arch Barn Harewood Yard LEEDS LS17 9LF t: 0113 387 3222 What kind of love does your brand enjoy? Some research based thinking for Valentine’s Day from The Buzzz In 2008 a client once said to us that they wanted their brand to become ‘the most loved brand’. It seemed initially like a quaint mistranslation from someone for whom English was not a first language‚ but on reflection it led the team at The Buzzz to
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How can we distinguish between romantic (or passionate) love and companionate love? Discuss with reference to theory and research. It is said that every human has the desire to affiliate with others and we are not stand-alone units. Despite we may get hurt during the affiliation with the other parties‚ we still desire to be loved and to avoid being isolated‚ this is mainly due to the social anxiety and loneliness in our daily lives. Research done by Schachter (1959) presented that‚ people
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