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On Love And Hate - Online Term Papers

On Love And Hate

Historically, extremes in emotion and reason do not often mix. I am
thus cautious of attempting to comb through love or hate with reason. My
recourses are two: to (yes, using what reason I have) separate intellectual
thought from emotion; and to apply as little reason as possible without
ceasing to write.

It seems reasonable (sorry) to assume that emotion and reason have
nothing to do with each other. It also seems very likely that one cannot
exist with the other. They seem capable of cohabitation within a single
person, but fall upon differing objects. Are not the things we love or
hate not the things we understand?

Hate:
Hate is one of our reactions to a lack of ...

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wishing peace without
societal discord, tell us to repress our hatred and replace it with love, a
path bound eventually for emotive explosion and breakdown. The diametric
path gives us a series of smaller explosions with promise of emotional
stability as a result of constant expulsion of malefic urges.

Neither of these, or combinations thereof, are terribly productive
ways in which to deal with hate, as even the moderate paths deal with the
hatred only superficially and inefficiently. I see the only way around
hatred being understanding. Upon comprehension of the object of hatred,
one is either better equipped for the constructive removal of said object,
cooly and rationally; or no longer desirous of the removal. Either outcome
is fully satisfying altruistically. In the latter case, one must accept
simultaneously a bit of humility for having been mistaken as well as a bit
of pride for having become a bit more correct. This leaves one emotionally
balanced. The hatred ...

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Added: 10/26/2008 03:41:26 PM
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