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love

3 essays on love from the Consilium journal. Featuring Ralph Waldo Emerson, Audre Lorde, Carl Jung. Each pits three thinkers against one hard question.


Loss

What Do You Do When You've Outgrown Someone You Love?

Three thinkers on outgrowing the people you love. Emerson says growth isn't negotiable. Lorde says expansion at another's cost isn't freedom. Jung says look at what you're leaving.

Ralph Waldo EmersonAudre LordeCarl Junggrowthlove

Relationships

What Do You Do When You Love Someone You Can No Longer Respect?

Three thinkers on loving without respect. Confucius says duty binds. Murdoch asks what you're actually seeing. Dostoevsky asks what you need them to be.

ConfuciusIris MurdochFyodor Dostoevskyloverespect

Relationships

Can You Love Someone and Still Be Yourself?

Three thinkers on losing yourself in love. Erich Fromm says love should not cost you. Virginia Woolf says protect the room of your own. Rilke says let the distance stay.

Erich FrommVirginia WoolfRainer Maria RilkeLoveIndependenceSelf-Discovery

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Audre Lorde Carl Jung Confucius Erich Fromm Fyodor Dostoevsky Iris Murdoch Rainer Maria Rilke Ralph Waldo Emerson Virginia Woolf Independence Self-Discovery growth respect

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