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Love can be unselfish, in the ...

Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.

Mortimer Adler 137 quotes

We are selfish when we are exc...

We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others.

Mortimer Adler 137 quotes

If one wants another only for ...

If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of lust rather than love.

Mortimer Adler 137 quotes

Love without conversation is i...

Love without conversation is impossible.

Mortimer Adler 137 quotes

Not to engage in the pursuit o...

Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.

Mortimer Adler 137 quotes

Conjugal love, or the friendsh...

Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.

Mortimer Adler 137 quotes

Freedom is the emancipation fr...

Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.

Mortimer Adler 137 quotes

In English we must use adjecti...

In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names.

Mortimer Adler 137 quotes

We love even when our love is ...

We love even when our love is not requited.

Mortimer Adler 137 quotes

The telephone book is full of ...

The telephone book is full of facts, but it doesn't contain a single idea.

Mortimer Adler 137 quotes

Think how different human soci...

Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever existed on earth.

Mortimer Adler 137 quotes

I find the selectivity of erot...

I find the selectivity of erotic love - the choice of this man or this woman - much more intelligible if liking the person is the origin of sexual interest, rather than the other way.

Mortimer Adler 137 quotes

Men value things in three ways...

Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or honorable.

Mortimer Adler 137 quotes

One of the aims of sexual unio...

One of the aims of sexual union is procreation - the creation by reproduction of an image of itself, of the union.

Mortimer Adler 137 quotes

Theories of love are found in ...

Theories of love are found in the works of scientists, philosophers, and theologians.

Mortimer Adler 137 quotes

There is only one situation I ...

There is only one situation I can think of in which men and women make an effort to read better than they usually do. It is when they are in love and reading a love letter.

Mortimer Adler 137 quotes

We acknowledge but one motive ...

We acknowledge but one motive - to follow the truth as we know it, whithersoever it may lead us; but in our heart of hearts we are well assured that the truth which has made us free, will in the end make us glad also.

Mortimer Adler 137 quotes

I suspect that most of the ind...

I suspect that most of the individuals who have religious faith are content with blind faith

Mortimer Adler 137 quotes

Angels are not merely forms of...

Angels are not merely forms of extraterrestrial intelligence.
They are forms of extra-cosmic intelligence.

Mortimer Adler 137 quotes

First, an angel is spiritually...

First, an angel is spiritually present at whatever place in physical space happens to be occupied by the body on which it acts. It can be present at that place without leaving Heaven which is its spiritual residence...

Mortimer Adler 137 quotes

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