027_Why Do We Love? Riddles of Emotions and Human Feelings

Why Do We Love? Riddles of Emotions and Human Feelings

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00:00Love, in this sense, is a force that draws us out of ourselves,

00:04connecting us to others and to the greater truths of existence.

00:08It reflects our desire to transcend the limits of the material world and touch the infinite.

00:14In loving someone, we glimpse the possibility of unity and harmony,

00:19of overcoming the isolation that defines so much of human life,

00:23yet even within this idealistic view of love, there is an acknowledgement of its complexity.

00:28Love is not always pure or selfless.

00:32It is often mixed with desire, jealousy, fear, and even suffering.

00:36In the writings of the existentialists,

00:39love becomes a reflection of our struggle with freedom and individuality.

00:44Jean-Paul Sartre, for example, saw love as a conflict between the desire to possess the beloved

00:49and the recognition that the other person is free with their own will and autonomy.

00:54In Sartre's view, love is a paradox.