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Sonnet 116 is an English or Shakespearean sonnet.The English sonnet has three quatrains, followed by a final rhyming couplet.It follows the typical rhyme scheme of the form abab cdcd efef gg and is composed in iambic pentameter, a type of poetic metre based on five pairs of metrically weak/strong syllabic positions.
[3] [7] Adam Bode writes that "exaptation is when a trait retains its original form but takes on a new function; co-option is the process whereby any trait takes on a new function, regardless of whether the original form is retained or not." [3] Bode has proposed that romantic love evolved by co-opting mother-infant bonding. [3]
Unrequited love has long been depicted as noble, an unselfish and stoic willingness to accept suffering. Literary and artistic depictions of unrequited love may depend on assumptions of social distance that have less relevance in western, democratic societies with relatively high social mobility and less rigid codes of sexual fidelity.
There are nine solid myths proposed by Carlos Yela García that are socially accepted as natural qualities of romantic love: Myth of the better half: that the person one has chosen to couple with was predestined and was the only or best possible option. [1] Myth of exclusiveness: a person can only feel love for one person at the same time. [1]
The concept of amor fati has been linked to Epictetus. [3] It has also been linked to the writings of Marcus Aurelius, [4] who did not use those words (he wrote in Greek, not Latin). [5] However, it found its most explicit expression in Nietzsche, who made love of fate central to his philosophy. In "Why I Am So Clever" (Ecce Homo, section 10 ...
Lysis (/ ˈ l aɪ s ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Λύσις, genitive case Λύσιδος, showing the stem Λύσιδ-, from which the infrequent translation Lysides), is a dialogue of Plato which discusses the nature of philia (), often translated as friendship, while the word's original content was of a much larger and more intimate bond. [1]
Fromm claims that it is a logical fallacy to love one's neighbour for the sake of their humanity and not also love one's self for the same reason. [47] Fromm states that "love of others and love of ourselves are not alternatives. On the contrary, an attitude of love towards themselves will be found in all those who are capable of loving others.
Unconditional love is known as affection without any limitations, or love without conditions. This term is sometimes associated with other terms such as true altruism or complete love. Each area of expertise has a certain way of describing unconditional love, but most will agree that it is that type of love which has no bounds and is unchanging.