The interesting point is, the author brought up some 'grey' terms - love and liking. So, what's the difference? He brought in CS Lewis' "The Four Loves" which further arouses my interest to look at it further - so, they are namely: Affection (storge), Friendship (philia), Eros and Caritas (agape).
A new way of expressing - when we say we like/love.... it means we take pleasure in... and there are 2 groups of pleasures! those that are preceded by desire, and those that are not... hahaha... sounds chim I thought. But the example that follows explains pretty clearly (I thought):
- An example when the pleasure is preceded by desire - that I thought it's linked to the need - water - a glass of water is a great pleasure when one's desire to have it is because of thirst... when the need is addressed, the degree of pleasure it brings with it drops tremendously.
- On the other hand, a pleasure not preceded by desire would be the frangrance of flowers... oh yes, that reminded me of the mornings when I was greeted by the donkey, the frangrance of the wild flowers and wild grass, the glittering sounds of the river - water dashing across... the sunshine that's accompanied by the cool breeze... those were the days in Paro... I miss them! The smell of the ancient wooden bridge... It was really great pleasure :D
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