Love: An Act of the Will, Not of the Heart

Love: An act of the will, and not of the heart. What the heck does this imply?

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For me, love is an act of the will. It is because before you love someone, it is your choice if you will know him better or just ignore the person. then it is in you if you fall in love with that person or not. It is an act of your will if you love the person despite of his or her negative side or bad attitude. Then you will know that your love is an act of the will because if it is not, you will let your heart beat and that you cannot control your feelings. Love in an act of the will for me is using your mind in loving. It is helpful because using your mind will tell you that you are in the right decision or not.

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Definition of love:

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A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person,

such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities,

or a sense of underlying oneness.

A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person

with whom one is disposed to make a pair;

the emotion of sex and romance.

Sexual passion.Sexual intercourse.A love affair.

An intense emotional attachment, as for a pet or treasured object.

A person who is the object of deep or intense affection or attraction; beloved.

Often used as a term of endearment.

An expression of one's affection: Send him my love.

A strong predilection or enthusiasm: a love of language.

The object of such an enthusiasm: The outdoors is her greatest love.

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Source: The American Heritage Dictionary

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A temporary insanity curable by marriage or

by removal of the patient from the influences

under which he incurred the disorder. This disease,

like caries and many other ailments, is prevalent only

among civilized races living under artificial conditions;

barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple

food enjoy immunity from its ravages.

It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently

to the physician than to the patient.

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Source: Devil's Dictionary

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Love is any of a number of emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong affection or profound oneness.[1] Depending on context, love can have a wide variety of intended meanings. It is commonly conceived of romantically, as a deep, ineffable feeling of intense and tender attraction shared in passionate or intimate interpersonal and sexual relationships.[2] Love can also be conceived of as Platonic love,[3] religious love,[4] familial love, and, more casually, anything considered strongly pleasurable, desirable, or preferred, including activities and foods.[5][2] This diverse range of meanings in the singular word love is often contrasted with the plurality of Greek words for love, reflecting the concept's depth, versatility, and complexity.The definition of love is the subject of considerable debate, enduring speculation, and thoughtful introspection. In ordinary use, love usually refers to interpersonal love, an experience felt by a person for another person. Love often involves caring for or identifying with a person or thing, including oneself (cf. narcissism). Dictionaries tend to define love as deep affection or fondness.[1] In colloquial use, according to polled opinion, the most favoured definitions of love involve altruism, selflessness, friendship, union, family, and bonding or connecting with another.[6]The different aspects of love can be roughly illustrated by comparing their corollaries and opposites. As a general expression of positive sentiment (a stronger form of like), love is commonly contrasted with hate (or neutral apathy); as a less sexual and more mutual and "pure" form of romantic attachment, love is commonly contrasted with lust; and as an interpersonal relationship with romantic overtones, love is commonly contrasted with friendship, although other connotations of love may be applied to close friendships as well.

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Source: wikipedia.org