LOVE

Love is a universal concept related to the affinity between people, defined in various ways according to different ideologies and viewpoints (scientific, philosophical, religious, artistic). Usually interpreted as a feeling and a term often associated with romantic love. For Gottfried Leibniz, 'love is finding happiness in your own happiness of another. " In the religious field has strong spiritual connotations, so the feeling goes and becomes a state of soul or consciousness, identified in some religions as God Himself. In Psychology, Robert J. Sternberg believes that there is love for three elements: intimacy, passion and decision or commitment. For Erich Fromm, love is an art. Biology seems to be related to the survival of the individual and the species. According to some, is not exclusive to the human species, and can also make others able to establish emotional ties. Usually the term is associated with romantic love, a passionate relationship between two people with a very important influence on their mutual relationships and sex. However, it also applies to various other relations, such as love or platonic love family and, more broadly, it speaks of love towards God, humanity, nature, art or beauty, often associated with empathy, and other capabilities. According to Gottfried Leibniz, 'love is finding happiness in your own happiness of another. " In most cases it means a great affection for anything that leads to happiness or pleasure-loving. Especially in the western world, often contrasting, to prevent or counteract hatred, contempt or selfishness. According to opinion, love is not exclusive of mankind, but also to all those people who can develop emotional connections with others, such as animals such as monkeys, dolphins, dogs, elephants, etc.. There are even those who believe, no scientific criteria under which the plants grow better if they receive love.

In humans, unlike the love of animals and under an existing design mainly Western and secular love is considered a real sense. In the most common is the result of an emotion based on the attraction and admiration of one subject to another, which may or may not be reciprocated. This strengthens the relationships between an individual and another, from his own inadequacy, he wished the meeting and joining with those who have tried to complement its existence. In some cases, love can be interpreted as a result of hard work, effort and expertise to build and develop an objective, feeling fullness and happiness to be achieved what is desired and worked for a long time. This is the kind of love that a parent can feel toward a child when you see grown and able to face life with full maturity, imitating his father in those things to it for practical wisdom. In this case, love is directed toward the principles that have informed and guided the work and effort is the corroboration that the beliefs which have been fought had their reward. It differs radically from that feeling unconditional love, usually a proponent of the mother, which is addressed only to his son, regardless of any principle.