Feb 22 -

     Love might seem like a simple concept, but it can be SO general, with so many meanings that it can often confound even the most enlightened. First off is the sheer number of denotations carried by that little four letter word--my dictionary has 22 different meanings for it--its a verb, a noun, an emotion, an action (to make love), a feeling, a score...etc. When you think of someone saying "love" the first thing that might come up to mind is some guy/girl talking about another girl/guy--but really, a sentence containing "love" could be referring to anything from that common vision to sex, to a favorite food, to a Christian view of God, or it could even be referring to a tennis match. Of course, usually what's being talked about is very self- evident like when it comes to pizza or French silk pie, and as in that tennis match, there's only one connotation (in which case if you are 'love' then it sucks to be you). But when it comes to love between and among people, it suddenly attains a new apex in the human psychology of "desire" that all throughout history has been surrounded by more storm and controversy than any other human emotion. The emotion 'love' clearly matters, and it is necessary for us to understand its weight, and the different forms it can take and meanings it can carry.

     The first question that must be asked is, what IS love? Strict (and self-righteous) biologists might proclaim that the urge to "love" is merely a biological impulse brought on by chemical changes due to an inborn instinct to reproduce--or something like that. Then again, that's what they (and some cynics) say about everything else. But to some extent, this its true--we ARE controlled by biochemical activities going on in our brains and bodies and if you want to see life as nothing but bodily triggers go ahead, but that's beyond what needs to be argued here. I'm arguing human psychology, not neurobiology, and I believe that the emotion 'love' means far more in  human terms, which is where everything holds meaning. The immense mass of substance and controversy that culture after culture, billions and billions of people, have placed on the apparently timeless idea of "love" proves its significance and depth.

     Now, considering the given fact that love is indeed something more than just inborn instinct, . Being "in love" with someone is definitely different from "loving" that same person but it is no less meaningful. Clearly evident is the fact that love for that special someone is a different form of love than is love for family. So love can be categorized...

EDITING WORK--

TOO SLOW. CONCISE. WHERE IS FOCUS? CREATE THESIS!!!

The Four loves