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From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (George Sicherman)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Ayn Rand on love
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Date: Sun, 27-Jan-85 22:24:30 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 27 22:24:30 1985
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> chuq/laurie (?) asks "what is love".  Part of my definition comes
> from Ayn Rand's philosphy and runs as follows "Love is a spiritual
> response to the pleasures one receives from the virtues of
> another."   This idea will possibly displease those who believe that
> love cannot be defined in absolute terms, prefering to believe that
> love is something chemical rather than intellectual.

Some of us believe that love is neither chemical nor intellectual,
but emotional.  "The pleasures one receives from the virtues of
another"!  I receive pleasures from her vices, too - what would
Ayn Rand think of that?
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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