The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Ep. 365: Scheler on Love (Part Two)

Apr 28, 2025
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INSIGHT

Love Targets Personality Alone

  • Love concerns strictly the personality, not seeking material benefit.
  • Benevolence implies superiority and can insult, unlike love.
INSIGHT

Fellow Feeling Rooted in Love

  • Fellow feeling is always based on love but love is not reducible to fellow feeling.
  • We may sympathize due to love for a general category, not the individual personally.
INSIGHT

Pity Needs Concrete Love

  • Pity without love for the individual causes shame and humiliation.
  • Love underpinning pity must be directed concretely, not just for generalized groups.
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