The Ontology of Love
The Ontology of Love
This chapter discusses the ontology of love. The phenomenon of love contains structures that support both a first-person point of view and a third-person point of view. The relationship between the first-person and a third-person perspective is captured by the French moral and psychological concept of vanity, in which love can only flourish when the subject can protect the first-person perspective it has on its love against the interest it has in being seen favorably by others. The being of love as a relation consists of the following necessary component elements: a reciprocal erotic desire between two lovers; the articulation by the lovers of their relationship in language, with regard to time; and a relationship between the love relation and a surrounding cultural and social space.
Keywords: ontology of love, phenomenon of love, first-person perspective, third-person perspective, vanity
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