d "love" can have a variety of related but distinct meanings in different contexts.

Often, other es use multiple words to express some of the different concepts that English relies mainly on "love" to ate; one example is the plurality of Greek words for "love." Cultural differences in conceptualizing make it doubly difficult to establish any universal definition.[10] the nature or essence of love is a subject of frequent debate, different aspects of the word can be by determining what isn't love. As a general expression of positive sentiment (a stronger form of like), ommonly contrasted with hate (or neutral apathy); as a less sexual and more emotionally intimate omantic attachment, love is commonly contrasted with lust; and as an interpersonal relationship with overtones, love is sometimes contrasted with friendship, although the word love is often applied to ndships.

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scussed in the abstract, love usually refers to interpersonal love, an experience felt by a person for person. Love often involves caring for or identifying with a person or thing (cf. vulnerability and care love), including oneself (cf.narcissism). In addition to cross-cultural differences in understanding as about love have also changed greatly over time. Some historians date modern conceptions of love to courtly Europe during or after the Middle Ages, although the prior existence of romantic ents is attested by ancient love poetry.[11] of the complex and abstract nature of love, discourse on love is commonly reduced to a thoughtng clich, and there are a number of common proverbs regarding love, from Virgil's "Love conquers e Beatles' "All You Need Is Love". St. Thomas Aquinas, following Aristotle, defines love as "to will the another."[12] Bertrand Russell describes love as a condition of "absolute value," as opposed to relative tion needed] Philosopher Gottfried Leibniz said that love is "to be delighted by the happiness of [13] Biologist Jeremy Griffithdefines love as "unconditional selflessness".[14] ometimes referred to as being the "international language", overriding cultural and linguistic divisions.