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Perhaps love can be broken down into brain chemicals, instincts, and social conditioning... but even if that is so, that does not make it any less real for he who loves.
I think we approach it from that basis.
Is love, as the objectivist claims, selfish? If you see it that way, then perhaps it is, to you. If you see it as selfless, you're more likely to act that way aren't you?
A good reason not to marry an Objectivist, methinks. :mrgreen:
Oh I absolutely agree. One fundamental characteristic of any living thing is that it has its limitation and its foundations. In terms of humanity, the limitations are many and the foundations are matter and energy (or more if you are religious, but I am seeking common ground with anyone who may be reading this), any human emotional capacity has to be based on those foundational things because our make up provides mechanisms for everything we do, think, and feel.
So, any emotion is a wash of electrical impulses and chemical signals washing through the brain. So be it, however, I agree, the experience and the totality of love stands on its own at the same time .