In the Name of Love

A Philosopher Looks at Our Deepest Emotions
Aaron Ben-Zeév is President and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Haifa. His books include: In the Name of Love: Romantic Ideology and its Victims. See full bio

Comments on "Do You Still Love Me as Much as You Did, Darling? On Measuring Emotional Intensity"

Do You Still Love Me as Much as You Did, Darling? On Measuring Emotional Intensity

 It may seem impossible to measure emotional intensity, in practice we often do this in everyday life. Your feeling that your beloved loves you less now than she did a year ago can be substantiated-often without too much difficulty. Read More

What? I can't understand

What? I can't understand anything this article is saying. Its a bit wordy...and more complex than it needs to be. Articles about love should probably be more light-hearted and less mechanical.

Unclear8

I agree that this article is unecessarily verbose. It was frustrating to read since I am really interested in this topic.

Writing about Love, lighthearted? Ha.

I think this entry is really interesting. To say that the form of the article is too complex for the subject matter seems ill-informed, in my opinion. If anything, I think the author does an excellent job condensing such a complicated topic. In fact, I took out a couple of his books from my uni library the other day so that I could read more about such subjects.

interesting subject matter

The subject is most interesting.
I lost my thought process somewhere along the way as the article was a bit long and drawn out.
I think that many of the phrases pertaining to emotional intensity,(e.g. "I love you more than any woman I've known") are ways of putting feelings across at a particular moment, but emotional intensity is subjective to the individual concerned.

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

More information about formatting options


Subscribe to In the Name of Love

Recent Posts in In the Name of Love

Find a Therapist

Search our customized Directory for a licensed professional near you.

Current Issue

Everyday Creativity

How to start living creatively and reap the benefits.