Meme Sunday Philosophy: On Love and Jealousy
Though romanticized as inextricably connected, might love and jealousy be actual opposites?
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.— Robert A. Heinlein
Much has been made about the connection or opposition of love and jealousy. What are love and jealousy and what are their relationship in our lives, our philosophies, and our aspirations? Is a perfect jealousy-free love possible or even desirable?
It is clear where Robert Heinlein stands in the above quote. He sees them as immutable opposites. Others see them as possible complements. Today we will use memes to look at these everyday human realities in an effort to get to know their natures a little better. Let me know what insights you come up when you read the following meme-quotes: