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Love is intrinsically selfish

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Love is intrinsically selfish
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RE: Love is intrinsically selfish
November 26, 2011 at 5:08 pm
Quote:And unrequited love? To get nothing back for what you feel but you love that person anyway?

I consider unrequited love is an utterly selfish obsession ; it's about one's own feelings,not those of the 'beloved'. Unselfish love would accept the lack of interest and move on,accepting that their happiness is as important as one's own. (not more,but not less either) Lest you think I'm being harsh; I currently "pine from unrequited love"-----on the other hand,the self absorbed obsession may just be my pathology,not a general principle.


I think you're right about compassion;my understanding is that compassion is NOT an emotion. Empathy most certainly IS an emotion as far as I can tell.It is to understand internally,what another feels.
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Love is intrinsically selfish - by Welsh cake - November 24, 2011 at 4:29 pm
RE: Love is intrinsically selfish - by frankiej - November 24, 2011 at 4:32 pm
RE: Love is intrinsically selfish - by Phaedra - November 24, 2011 at 5:22 pm
RE: Love is intrinsically selfish - by The Grand Nudger - November 24, 2011 at 9:11 pm
RE: Love is intrinsically selfish - by padraic - November 24, 2011 at 9:12 pm
RE: Love is intrinsically selfish - by Phaedra - November 24, 2011 at 9:44 pm
RE: Love is intrinsically selfish - by Welsh cake - November 25, 2011 at 2:21 pm
RE: Love is intrinsically selfish - by Phaedra - November 25, 2011 at 8:37 pm
RE: Love is intrinsically selfish - by padraic - November 25, 2011 at 6:28 pm
RE: Love is intrinsically selfish - by The Grand Nudger - November 25, 2011 at 10:37 pm
RE: Love is intrinsically selfish - by Epimethean - November 25, 2011 at 11:46 pm
RE: Love is intrinsically selfish - by Shell B - November 26, 2011 at 12:35 am
RE: Love is intrinsically selfish - by Ace Otana - November 26, 2011 at 6:31 am
RE: Love is intrinsically selfish - by thesummerqueen - November 26, 2011 at 11:02 am
RE: Love is intrinsically selfish - by padraic - November 26, 2011 at 5:08 pm
RE: Love is intrinsically selfish - by 5thHorseman - November 26, 2011 at 5:13 pm
RE: Love is intrinsically selfish - by Violet - November 27, 2011 at 1:43 pm
RE: Love is intrinsically selfish - by Epimethean - November 27, 2011 at 8:41 pm
RE: Love is intrinsically selfish - by Angrboda - November 28, 2011 at 5:45 am
RE: Love is intrinsically selfish - by houseofcantor - December 12, 2011 at 4:14 pm

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