This is a four series post, which consists of value I personally hold highest, and have even make up with a concept that i wish and hope to turn it into a social business that will engage the community on different spheres of life.
”4our Diamonds Inc.” Represents four of the values I hold of the most high, and they are :-
- Love
- Humanity
- Inspire
- Consciousness
For this post, I will only be looking at the first quality or ‘diamond’ broadly (Love), concerning the research and history and the threats that came before us, had to say about one of the most debated human emotion (if it can be categorized as an emotion).
The Definition of LOVE
Love can have a variety of related but distinct meanings in different contexts. Many other languages use multiple words to express some of the different concepts that in English are denoted as ”love”; one example is the plurality of Greek, words for ”love” which includes agape and eros. Cultural differences in conceptualizing love thus doubly impede the establishment of a universal definition.
Although the nature or essence of love is a subject of frequent debate, different aspects of the word can be clarified by determining what isn’t love (antonyms of ”love). Love as a general expression of positive sentiment (a stronger form of like) is commonly contrasted with hate (or neutral apathy); as a less sexual and more emotionally intimate form of romantic attachment, love is commonly contrasted with lust; and as a interpersonal relationship with romantic overtones, love is so etimes contrasted with friendship, although the word love is often applied to close friendships.
The general concept of LOVE
Love is a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes that range from interpersonal affection. It can also refer to an emotion of a strong attraction and personal attachment. It can also be a virtue representing human kindness, compassion and affection – The unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another. It may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other human, one’s self or animal.
Love can be understood as a function to keep human beings together against menace and to facilitate the continuation of the species. Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts.
Pyschological basis
Pyschology depicts love as a cognative and social phenomenon. Pyschologist Robert Sternberg formulated a triangle theory of love and argued that love has three different components :
- Intimacy
- Commitment
- Passion
All forms of love are viewed as varying combinations of these three components. Non-love does not include any of these components. Liking only includes intimacy. Infatuated love only includes passion. Empty love only includes commitment. Romantic love includesboth intimacy and commitment. Fatuous love includes passion and commitment. Lastly consummate love includes all three.
American psychologist Sick Rubin sought to define love by psychometrics in the 1970s. His work states that three factors constitute love :
- Attachment
- Caring
- Intimacy
Following developments in electrical theories such as Coulomb’s law, which showed that positive and negative charges attract, analogs in human life were developed, such as ”opposites attract.”
Evolutionary basis
Evolutionary pyschology has attempted to provide various reasons for love as a survival tool. Humans are dependent on parental help for large portion of their lifespan compared to other mammals. Love has therefore been seen as a mechanism to promote parental support of children for this extended time period. Another factor may be that sexually transmitted deseases can cause, among other effects permanently reduced fertility, injury to the fetus, and increased complications during childbirth. This would favour monogamous over polygamy.
Religious views, political views and scientific views on love will not be discussed here, I am swiftly moving to my favorite and by far, the most interesting’view’ on love according to me
Philosophical View
The philosophy od lovenis a field of social philosophy amd ethics that attempt to explain thw nature pf love. The philosophical investigation of love includes the tasks of distinguishing between the various kinds of personal love, asking if the and how love is or can be justified, asking what the value of love is, and what impact love has on the autonomy of both the lover and the beloved.
√Thabang Msheke Phahlane
°LOVE°HUMANITY°INPIRE°CONSCIOUSSNESS°
4our Diamonds Inc. 