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What does it mean, to “love” someone? Is it a prescriptive phenomenon - where if I say I love you, then we must take it at face value regardless of my actions t
by GuiA 8y ago
What does it mean, to “love” someone? Is it a prescriptive phenomenon - where if I say I love you, then we must take it at face value regardless of my actions towards you? Or is it a more descriptive thing, where my acts may show that I love you even though I may never tell you the words “I love you” explicitly as such?
Or is the act of “loving” a purely self centered one - where my love is purely a means to fulfill my own needs (of wanting to be desired, appreciated, needed, respected, empowered, etc)?
- jeffreyrogers 8y agoI don't think it makes sense to try to define "love" independently of a relationship between two people. If person B says person A loves them, then that it a good indication that A does in fact love B, particularly if person A would agree with that statement as well.