Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
What is love?
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Love is pure emotion

This position holds that love is, at bottom, pure emotion — the raw, unmistakable feeling that arises on meeting the right person. It frames love as a spontaneous sensation born of attraction, connection and admiration, one that emerges and recedes of its own accord rather than by choice.

Supporting arguments · 5

  1. Love is pain
    Although we may not want to acknowledge it, love is pain. Pure, unadulterated pain.
  2. Love is the emotional interdependence between people
    Love is the deep emotional dependence that develops between two people.
  3. Love is an unmistakable feeling
    Love is a raw feeling distinguishable from other feelings.
  4. Love is when another soul completes your soul
    When two people meet and fall in love, the two souls merge to form one, complete, shared soul.
  5. Love is about building a 'We'
    Love is the abandonment of two 'I's and the formation of a single 'We'