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From: pallas@CSL-Vax.ARPA (Joseph I. Pallas)
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Subject: Re: Ayn Rand on love
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Date: Tue, 29-Jan-85 20:56:03 EST
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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?

Probably that you don't really consider those "vices" to be vices.  It
certainly doesn't sound like you do.

joe