Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!west From: west@utcsrgv.UUCP (Thomas L. West) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: what is love? Message-ID: <621@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Thu, 3-Jan-85 04:14:49 EST Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.621 Posted: Thu Jan 3 04:14:49 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 3-Jan-85 05:10:56 EST References: <2139@nsc.UUCP> Reply-To: west@utcsrgv.UUCP (Thomas L. West) Distribution: net Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto Lines: 21 Summary: Talk about starting a topic... Well, how about a nice simple definition that I've used. Love is extreme care for the mental and physical well-being of another entity. This covers just about any situation where 'love' plays a part. It can also include 'love' of a non-personal nature, allowing justification of the use of phrases like "you love your computer more than you love me" which has the meaning that you care more for the well-being of the computer than the person involved. The definition is a little too clear-cut and logical for many people, but it certainly functions well enough in any instances that love is discussed. Of course the ultimate attack on such a definition is, I suppose, that such care is a symptom of love, rather than the love itself, but that's an argument for a different day. Tom West { allegra cornell decvax ihnp4 linus utzoo }!utcsrgv!west