1. Did you sign in and get a cookie?
Pictures on Wednesday, grab a slip!
First order of business, besides Nietzsche
which picture do you prefer for the other
side of the tshirt?

2. Love isn't finding a perfect person. It's
seeing an imperfect person perfectly.
--Sam Keen (American Philosopher)

3.  German American
Philosopher and
Psychoanalyst 1900-1980
 “Immature love says: 'I love
you because I need you.'
Mature love says: 'I need you
because I love you’”
 "Love is the only sane and
satisfactory answer to the
problem of human
existence.”

4. His ideology:
 Love and reason are uniquely human and
used to combat existentialism
 There is no such thing as “falling in love” as
love is an “interpersonal creativity”
(basically the need for relatedness) rather
than an emotion
 Love is a combination of
care, responsibility, respect, and knowledge.

5. So:
To what extent is love the reason for human
existence?
Is love (as a whole or just romantically)
uniquely human?

6. How much do you agree with Fromm’s
characteristics of love? (care, responsibility,
respect, and knowledge)
Is it real love when the person does not return
the love?

7.  German Philosopher 1844- 1900
 “There is always some madness in love. But
there is also always some reason in
madness.”
 “Discovering that one is loved in return really
ought to disenchant the lover with the
beloved. "What? this person is modest enough
to love even you? Or stupid enough? ””
 “In the end, one loves one's desire and not
what is desired”

8. So:
 Is someone who loves you back worthy of
your love if they love someone so
undeserving as you?
 Is is possible to be in love with being in love
rather than loving the person themselves?

9. Branching off into general questions

10. Have you been in love before?
(Or thought you were at the
time)

11.  Isthere a difference between love and
infatuation? If so how would you define it?
 How and when does each occur?
 What are the differences between men and
women’s view of love?
 Does society impose these differences or are
they biological?

12.  Are humans biologically inclined to be
monogamous? In other words, are marriages
natural? The divorce rate?
 Is love suppose to bind a couple together for
the betterment of the species?
 Is love just primeval lust in disguise?

13.  Are “friends with benefits” morally wrong?
Are they natural or unnatural?
 One night stands or lasting relationships? Is it
a personal choice or a biological one? Is one
more right or natural than the other?

14.  What is romantic attraction? What makes
certain people have different tastes?

15.  Do you think there is an age before which
true love can not occur?
 And on that topic, is there such thing as true
love?
 Is there a difference between true love and
soul mates? Is there such a thing as soul
mates?