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Love. It has no one definition.
There are many types of love:
Religious, erotic, platonic,
familial, puppy, and romantic.

It's a complex and intense ineffable "emotion" related to a sense of strong loyalty or profound oneness, varies depending on the context and intermingles with lust, sexuality, and a wide variety of other things. Sometimes described as "absolute value", it is essentially an abstract concept, based partly on biochemistry, dopamine and oxytocin releases and other chemicals which bond two people together. It is interpreted by some as a combination of the "concern for the spiritual growth of another", and simple narcissism. In this combination, love is an activity, not simply a feeling. It basically causes an "addiction". It is physical, emotional, and psychological (this part of love is the action of lending one's "boundary" or "self-esteem" to another); basically biological or chemical, but there are different types. Some involve sex, some have nothing to do with it at all. It has been
compared to a hunger, or thirst, and is those in love are normally intimate, in union. One ancient proverb states that love is a high form of tolerance, and a central Hindu scripture has the theme as "love conquers all". It is easier to experience than explain; discourse on love is commonly reduced to a thought-terminating cliché. There are countless proverbs regarding it, such as The Beatles' famous saying "All you need, is love".

Today the concept is represented by the stylized shape ♥, in red, due to countless cultures in ancient times believing that this was the seat of emotion and passion. The exact origin of the symbol is unknown, but proposed to be things such as the vulva, breasts, or buttocks, the actual heart or the now extinct silphium plants' seeds and fruits. The term "opposites attract" is used to describe people who find love, but
this is a fallacy; people who are very similar find each other appealing just as often. Genetically on the other hand, humans are attracted to those with immune systems directly opposite to ours, unlike themselves, so the offspring have great genetic variety.

Due to it's sheer complexity and because of cultural differences an universal definition of love is difficult to establish, but the closest involves entailing partly-overlapping stages: lust, actraction, and attachment. It's very existence is debated, some rejecting the notion as false or meaningless, others say it was a recently-invented abstraction, and some maintain that it's undefinable, being essentially spiritual or metaphysical in nature. A human requires some form of love for healthy development. It is the most complex emotion possible. From it, altruism can spring, the most "human" of emotions: the ability for good for no benefit to receive anything in return.

In my opinion, it's the most beautiful thing a human can offer.

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Description
Love. It has no one definition.
There are many types of love:
Religious, erotic, platonic,
familial, puppy, and romantic.

It's a complex and intense ineffable "emotion" related to a sense of strong loyalty or profound oneness, varies depending on the context and intermingles with lust, sexuality, and a wide variety of other things. Sometimes described as "absolute value", it is essentially an abstract concept, based partly on biochemistry, dopamine and oxytocin releases and other chemicals which bond two people together. It is interpreted by some as a combination of the "concern for the spiritual growth of another", and simple narcissism. In this combination, love is an activity, not simply a feeling. It basically causes an "addiction". It is physical, emotional, and psychological (this part of love is the action of lending one's "boundary" or "self-esteem" to another); basically biological or chemical, but there are different types. Some involve sex, some have nothing to do with it at all. It has been
compared to a hunger, or thirst, and is those in love are normally intimate, in union. One ancient proverb states that love is a high form of tolerance, and a central Hindu scripture has the theme as "love conquers all". It is easier to experience than explain; discourse on love is commonly reduced to a thought-terminating cliché. There are countless proverbs regarding it, such as The Beatles' famous saying "All you need, is love".

Today the concept is represented by the stylized shape ♥, in red, due to countless cultures in ancient times believing that this was the seat of emotion and passion. The exact origin of the symbol is unknown, but proposed to be things such as the vulva, breasts, or buttocks, the actual heart or the now extinct silphium plants' seeds and fruits. The term "opposites attract" is used to describe people who find love, but
this is a fallacy; people who are very similar find each other appealing just as often. Genetically on the other hand, humans are attracted to those with immune systems directly opposite to ours, unlike themselves, so the offspring have great genetic variety.

Due to it's sheer complexity and because of cultural differences an universal definition of love is difficult to establish, but the closest involves entailing partly-overlapping stages: lust, actraction, and attachment. It's very existence is debated, some rejecting the notion as false or meaningless, others say it was a recently-invented abstraction, and some maintain that it's undefinable, being essentially spiritual or metaphysical in nature. A human requires some form of love for healthy development. It is the most complex emotion possible. From it, altruism can spring, the most "human" of emotions: the ability for good for no benefit to receive anything in return.

In my opinion, it's the most beautiful thing a human can offer.

note:
ask if you would like to use this icon.