{"product_id":"the-meaning-of-love","title":"The Meaning of Love","description":"\"The meaning and worth of love as a feeling is that it really forces us, with all our being, to acknowledge for another the same absolute significance that, because of the power of egoism, we are conscious of only in our own selves. Love is important, not only as one of our feelings but as the transfer of all our interest in life from ourselves to another, as the shifting of the very center of our lives....\n\n\"The meaning of human love, speaking generally, is the justification and salvation of individuality through the sacrifice of egoism. On this general basis we can also ... explain the meaning of sexual love\" (Vladimir Solovyov)\nWhat is the meaning of love's intense emotion? Solovyov points to the spark of divinity that we see in another human being and shows how this \"living ideal of Divine love, antecedent to our love, contains in itself the secret of the idealization of our love.\"\nAccording to Solovyov, love between men and women has a key role to play in the mystical transfiguration of the world. Love, which allows one person to find unconditional completion in another, becomes an evolutionary strategy for overcoming cosmic disintegration.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0940262185\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0940262185.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Thomas R. Beyer, Jr.|Vladimir Solovyov|Owen Barfield\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Pages are clean with no markings. May show minor signs of wear or cosmetic defects  marks, cuts, bends, or scuffs  on the cover, spine, pages, or dust jacket. May have remainder marks on edges.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41570823897146,"sku":"DBV.0940262185.VG","price":12.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0940262185-0.jpg?v=1785468039","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-meaning-of-love","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}