Love without Obstacles

Is it man’s nature to be able to love only what he cannot fully posses? Some people have said yes, that pure love, unquestioning and unfailing, depends for its sustenance on our finding our loved one imperfectly accessible to us, and is therefore impossible in marriage, where the mate is already possessed. Like many philosophical arguments, the issue is to a large extent psychological argument. When the philosopher finishes defining love, we are left with the fact that some people seem to love their mates forever, unquestioningly, and that others find it impossible to love or respect those who become accessible. The illness has no name, though it is widely recognized. Its victims are doomed to yearn for the woman who rejected them- as they yearn for the services of the practitioner who was too busy to see them.

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