Love's Confusions

Love's confusions are legion. We promise to love, but we cannot love at will. Love God, we're commanded, but we cannot love on command. And given the vicissitudes of self-love, even if we could love our neighbors as we love ourselves, would it be a good thing to do so? These are a few of the paradoxes that typically lead philosophers to oversimplify love—and that draw C. D. C. Reeve to explore it in all its complexity, searching for the lessons to be found within love's confusions.

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