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Emotional reasoning, which prevails in matters of the heart, is different from intellectual reasoning. Are these two types of reasoning condemned to fight each other, or can they be integrated? Should we follow our heart entirely in romantic matters, and are we able to resist it even if we want to? Read More
Where is the article?
Where is the article?
where is the article
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In the name of Love
What happens when a person only follows her/his heart and often gets heartbroken? Does that mean this person is incapable of using her/his intellectual capabilities to think?
in the name of love
No, it does not necessarily so. It may be the case that this person, whose intellect is fine, is just giving a greater weight to the matter of the heart. This person may have more moving emotional experiences in her/his life.
beautiful but your last paragraph contradicts the one before it
Hi Aaron,
Thank you for this beautiful article. I've always pondered about the heart and the head when it comes to love. I think you did mention in the end of your article that its best if both emotional and intellectual reasoning can be both integrated to get the best of both worlds. The thing is, with love, can that be achieved? To have the best of both worlds? Maybe in some circumstances, it can be as each love experience is unique and individualistic for every couple.
I liked the last para best because its true that we only live once and its quite rare to find people who value love above intellectual reasoning. Love don't seem to have an important place in much of anyone's life these days.
As for the earlier question - I think to be loved, you need to give your heart away many times and sometimes you will be hurt badly - that is a price.
Aaron, I hope you can answer my question on whether its ever possible for every couple to have both emotional and intellectual reasoning integrated as I find it impossible in my case. If I follow my head, I would be prudent and cautious and I would not be taking any risks and following my heart. Is there a balance to be achieved? You know when it comes to the heart, sometimes there just isn't. I find it quite impossible for some to enforce that kind of amount of repression and control over their feelings/heart, much of people's plight of romance is out of their own hands.
beautiful but your last
I believe that emotional integration of the heart and the head is done all the time in many cases; however, it is not done in all cases, and one must choose between them. The crucial issue is indeed to find the right balance of the measure from each side and to decide when to completely favor the heart and when to favor the head. Sometimes, we can escape from such decisions.
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