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What is love? Simple enough question, but what kind of love: blind, one-sided, tragic, steadfast, fickle, reciprocated, misguided, unconditional And between.

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2 What is love? Simple enough question, but what kind of love: blind, one-sided, tragic, steadfast, fickle, reciprocated, misguided, unconditional And between who: parent and child, siblings, friend, lovers, pet and master,……

3 Dictonary definition of love deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness. A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance. a. Sexual passion. b. Sexual intercourse. c. A love affair. An intense emotional attachment, as for a pet or treasured object. A person who is the object of deep or intense affection or attraction; beloved. Often used as a term of endearment.

4 Love as seen by the ancient greek Philiaa Ludus Pragma Agape Philautia Eros

5 Today…. … we have dumpted ther whole list to one simple word of love. Of coure we realise that there is a diffrence between a mothers love and that between a husband and wife but on the road to simplysity we have lost a way to describe them. Modern sociaity has even gone further as to forget or minimise the importance of some of greek types of love.

6 Evolutionary psychology Experiences and behaviors associated with love can be investigated in terms of how they have been shaped by human evolution

7 Neurochemistry Studies in neuroscience have involved chemicals that are present in the brain and might be involved when pople experience love.

8 Love presnted in books and movies…

9 What it isn’t Manipulation Compromising who you are Violent Just lust

10 Marriages and love Marriages and love

11 „….Without the commitment, it is mere infatuation. Without the passion, it is mere dedication. Without nurturing, even the best can wither and die….. JulianBaggini philosopher and writer

12 True love ….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH5n9 lVZcM4

13 Love as seen by me Love is commitment, hard work and compromise. There is no golden rule and short cut. The romances read in books and movies mislead us to belive that when we meet that „ tall misterious strange” we will conqure all challanges and be at his side for all time young and beautiful. And as much as I wish everyone a conflict-free relationship with know hard ships it’s

14 Questions 1) Name the Greek love were you should love yourself? 2) Name 2 reasons biologist believe love was created for ? 3) Without what is love mere dedication? 4) Do you think the greek types of love can be found in modern movies and books? 5) Do you think love can be described by science?


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