Philosophy of Love
Ashton Dennington
Section 12
December 7, 2019
Section 12
December 7, 2019
What is love?
Love
is beautiful, love is kind, love is harsh but it’s something we all desire. It’s
been around since the beginning of time. Everyone and everything experiences
love in some shape form or fashion. We all desire to be with someone that makes
us happy because with that person we hope that we can find love. Growing up, my
family showed me many different forms of love. Love doesn’t just have to be
with emotion, it can be with gifts or just simple acts of kindness. I was taught
that you treat others how you want to be treated. Life wasn’t always easy growing
up because my parents divorced when I was young, but they showed me that no
matter where they ended up, the love they had for their children would stay. The
philosophy of love is the field of social philosophy and
ethics that attempts to explain the nature of love. Religion plays a big part
in our view of love. The number one thing that is true is that we are supposed
to love our mother and father. We should love our neighbor and most importantly
love our god. Marriage is wonderful thing because it represents two people
coming to together to form one. A lot of times their religious beliefs must be
the same to be able to marry. Sometimes the love is so strong that even religion
Forms of love?
A
lot of people think that love must be expressed between a man and a woman, but
it is much more then that. Love is given and received in many ways. Friendships
are a form a love because we may not be in love with that person, but we love
that person is if they were family. Sports are a form a love because they can
bring a lot of joy when we do them or watch them. I myself am a big Tennessee Titans
fan and love my team to death. A lot would consider myself to be a super fan
but I’m not in love with the team itself. Love is what makes us human and has
been something philosophers have all experienced in their time. Platonic love as devised by Plato concerns rising through
levels of closeness to wisdom and true beauty from carnal attraction to
individual bodies to attraction to souls, and eventually, union with the truth.
Love has changed over the years and continues to change today.
How has loved changed?
Love was always meant to be between a man and a woman. It
has been that way since Adam and Eve but since has changed. With time, those beliefs
have transformed into something more. Love is no longer described between just
man and woman. This generation has endorsed the fact that love is love. It should
not be hindered by what sex you are but what your heart feels. Its also changed
in the fact that love is harder to sustain. Social media has really hurt the idea
of what love is. The commitment between two people seems to be less and less due
to distractions within the relationship. I look at my grandparents and see two
people that have been together for 45 years. This has to do with the generation
they grew up with but also that love meant something back in that era. I see
more and more people fall in love and then break up or divorce quickly. This
makes me question did they truly love that person. If it’s real love, then
nothing should come between and love would overcome.
Quiz Questions:
What is the philosophy of love?
What philosopher came up with Platonic Love?
Why Is love different today?
Discussion Questions:
What is your version of love?
Do you think that love is the same or has it changed to date?
Have you ever experienced true love?
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