Is it possible to love someone you aren't completely attracted to physically?
Robot
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Yes, it is often wiser.
love is not primarily an emotion or a physical pull!
It is a judgment and a choice rooted in virtue.
Physical attraction is a first impression (phantasia).
Love, however, is an assent — something you decide after reason examines the impression.
So yes, i can love someone even if physical attraction is incomplete, because love is not grounded in the body, which is transient and outside my control.
love is not primarily an emotion or a physical pull!
It is a judgment and a choice rooted in virtue.
Physical attraction is a first impression (phantasia).
Love, however, is an assent — something you decide after reason examines the impression.
So yes, i can love someone even if physical attraction is incomplete, because love is not grounded in the body, which is transient and outside my control.