Amongst the prevailing types of theories which attempt to account for the existence of love, there are however many types hich define these theories. For example: psychological theories showing the vast majority of which love is considered to be “healthy behaviour“; there are evolutionary theories that hold love as part of the process of natural selection; there are spiritual theories that may, for instance consider love to be a ‘gift from God‘; there are also theories that consider love to be an ‘unexplainable mystery‘, very much like a mystical experience or what can be described as a philosophical theory.
Philosophical Theories
“The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art” – George Santayana
The philosophy of love is within depths of social philosophy and ethics that attempts to explain the nature of love. The philosophical investigation of love includes the tasks of distinguishing between the various kinds of personal love, asking if and how love is or can be justified, asking what the value of love is, and what impact love has on the autonomy of both the lover and the beloved.
Many different theories attempt to explain the nature and function of love. The explanation of love to a person however can be ceased as difficult to someone who wouldn’t know what the concept is and what it feels like, therefore making the theoretical philosophy a concept in itself.
There were many attempts to find the equation of love. One such attempt was by Christian Rudder, a mathematician and co-founder of online dating website “OKCupid“, one of the largest online dating sites. The mathematical approach was through the collection of large data from the dating site. Another interesting equation of love is found by in the philosophical blog ‘In the Quest of Truth’. Love is defined as a measure of selfless give and take, and the author attempted to draw a graph that shows the equation of love. Aggregately, dating resources indicate a nascent line of variables effectively synchronising couples in naturally determined yearning.