Love is all you need. But what is it exactly? The contemporary concept of love revolves around the experience of blissful infatuation with another person. In most cases, it’s a bond between two people that includes physical attraction.

The way we practice love has been changing over the years. For example: originating from the French "amour courtois", or ‘courtly love,’ the phenomenon of medieval knights seeking to impress ladies of nobility by performing various services, like going to battle, courting a woman heroically to gain her approval has been the norm for many years. However, we have seen this behavior declining over time, as social and gender roles have been changing.

In the last decades, we can observe a radical shift from the common practice of marriage (and often arranged marriage), to more casual dating and even the hookup-culture fueled by technological advancements in the form of dating apps that let us find love in an unprecedentedly superficial way: based on a few pictures, lines of text, and emojis.

And even though the sacredness of marriage has been eroded, long-term commitments between two people based on trust and responsibility have been largely replaced by serial monogamy, people still seem to crave love.

But what kind of love do we actually want? Is it sex? Is it the experience of deeply connecting with someone? Is it perhaps the opportunity to take care of another human being?

To answer this question, we first need to know what love is. This video is a philosophical exploration of love, that not only explores different kinds of love, but also the blessings and pitfalls of chasing them.

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00:00 - Intro
01:58 - What is love?
03:15 - Types of love
07:34 - Blessings & pitfalls

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