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Apathy is the opposite of love, not hate. A life of apathy, is a life without love.
by autonomousErwin 2y ago
Apathy is the opposite of love, not hate. A life of apathy, is a life without love.
- ben_w 2y agoApathy is the opposite of both love and hate (and several other things), because both of the latter require caring about a thing. A geometric simplex, not a simple linear scale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplex
- marginalia_nu 2y agoIndeed, if apathy is the absence of caring, and caring is part of both love and hate, then I don't think any of these are opposites of each other, they are merely things that can not co-exist.
- jimkleiber 2y agoI often wonder if apathy is just the belief that one is without love, not actually being without love. I think we die pretty fast if we don't have love and attachment to things, even at the most basic level of air, water, food, and shelter.
- z3t4 2y agonot caring as in, not caring if you get rejected. Not caring what others think when you peruse what makes you happy.