Why Do We Love?

Love is the name for our idealise ion of those whom we desire sexually, or to whom we are attached through a fundamentally erotic longing. aristotle suggests that ou need to love another in order to love yourself. Naturalists see love as being prone to wild delusions about the loved one. Such idealization endows us with the tenacity to secure the one we desire and endure obstacles that often impede our doing so. These forms of relating might be intention with each other, but this doesn't mean they cannot coexist in one relationship.