Sudduth's Blog: Common Sense - Sudduth
November 28, 2023
Love and the Ideal
Love is the desire for something to achieve its ideal. The pursuit of ideal is not always a pleasant road. Not pleasant for your and not pleasant for them. Love is not acceptance. Love is not a feeling. It is inclusive of these at times but Love without ideal is a bird without wings.
This being said, the agency of the individual must not be carelessly infringed. They must have free will. However, it is the obligation of those who love to provide what they find to be ideal to the one they love.
“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained” - C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
This being said, the agency of the individual must not be carelessly infringed. They must have free will. However, it is the obligation of those who love to provide what they find to be ideal to the one they love.
“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained” - C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
