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When discussed in the abstract, ''love'' usually refers to an [[experience]] felt by a person for another person. Love often involves caring for or identifying with a person or thing, including oneself.

When discussed in the abstract, ''love'' usually refers to an [[experience]] felt by a person for another person. Love often involves caring for or identifying with a person or thing, including oneself.

In addition to cross-cultural differences in understanding love, [[idea]]s about love have also changed greatly over time. Some historians date modern conceptions of [[Romance|romantic love]] to courtly Europe during or after the Middle Ages, although the prior existence of romantic attachments is attested by ancient love poetry.[http://www.TrueOpenLove.org/reference/AncientLovePoetry.html]

In addition to cross-cultural differences in understanding love, [[idea]]s about love have also changed greatly over time. Some historians date modern conceptions of [[Romance|romantic love]] to courtly Europe during or after the Middle Ages, although the prior existence of romantic attachments is attested by ancient love poetry.[https://www.TrueOpenLove.org/reference/AncientLovePoetry.html]

Because of the complex and abstract nature of love, [[discourse]] on love is commonly reduced to a thought-terminating cliché, and there are a number of common proverbs regarding love, from [[Virgil]]'s "Love conquers all" to [[The Beatles]]' "All you need is love." [[Bertrand Russell]] describes love as a condition of "absolute value," as opposed to [[relative]] [[value]]. Theologian Thomas Jay Oord said that to love is to "act intentionally, in sympathetic response to others, to promote overall well-being."

Because of the complex and abstract nature of love, [[discourse]] on love is commonly reduced to a thought-terminating cliché, and there are a number of common proverbs regarding love, from [[Virgil]]'s "Love conquers all" to [[The Beatles]]' "All you need is love." [[Bertrand Russell]] describes love as a condition of "absolute value," as opposed to [[relative]] [[value]]. Theologian Thomas Jay Oord said that to love is to "act intentionally, in sympathetic response to others, to promote overall well-being."

[[Knowledge]] is constantly expanding, and that which is superseded falls away like scaffolding. Our expectations for the future are imperfect and will be fulfilled in ways greater than we can [[imagination|imagine]], but love remains the staple, the foundation, the quest, and the [[eternal]] prize. ([[Ham]])

[[Knowledge]] is constantly expanding, and that which is superseded falls away like scaffolding. Our expectations for the future are imperfect and will be fulfilled in ways greater than we can [[imagination|imagine]], but love remains the staple, the foundation, the quest, and the [[eternal]] prize. ([[Ham]])

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://iserver.saddleback.cc.ca.us/faculty/jfritsen/articles.html The Science of Love]

*[https://iserver.saddleback.cc.ca.us/faculty/jfritsen/articles.html The Science of Love]

*[http://www.in-mind.org/issue-6/the-anatomy-of-love.html A whimsical overview of scientific research on love, with references]

*[https://www.in-mind.org/issue-6/the-anatomy-of-love.html A whimsical overview of scientific research on love, with references]

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