THE BIOLOGY BEHIND HUMAN LOVE
THE BIOLOGY BEHIND HUMAN LOVE
Love is a feeling that is different for different persons. For some it’s the completeness, for some it’s the soul, for some it’s a part of life and for some it’s useless. But frankly speaking the every school of thought that is present has provided some sort of answers (Buller, 2005). This paper deals with perception of love as per me and then I have relate the feeling of love with the human biology as stated by different Biologists. The two of them are different, interesting and hold some similarities too.
There are different views about love. Some says it truly caring for that person’s happiness and interests, some says it’s the sacrifice of one’s own life for the well being of the person you love (Bartels, Andreas, Zeki & Semir, 2000). They all have some valid forms. But if see deeply then it can be seen all this forms are too altruistic. As given in literatures, explained by the biologists and experienced then it can be seen that human cannot do anything through another person’s frame of reference (Lewis, Thomas, Lannon, Richard, Amini & Fari, 2000). So, the meaning of love that is related to leaving of self does not hold any existences according to the human science. One’s human body can only help oneself to be healthy physically and emotionally, no other person can perform the basic functioning of human body or to be frank one cannot replace or work for other body.
Love is combination of pleasure of sex, attachment and the partner preference. However it can be said that loving is a act of loving oneself through the other persons. It is act of loving those people who can bear us, make us feel better and bring out our best. The human biology suggests that the love is associated with three major drive. Sex drive, attachment and the partner preference (Slater & Lauren, 2000). There are hormones I the body known as testosterone, oestrogen, dopamine, oxytocin and vasopressin that governs the feeling of love. The Central dopamine
Love is a feeling that is different for different persons. For some it’s the completeness, for some it’s the soul, for some it’s a part of life and for some it’s useless. But frankly speaking the every school of thought that is present has provided some sort of answers (Buller, 2005). This paper deals with perception of love as per me and then I have relate the feeling of love with the human biology as stated by different Biologists. The two of them are different, interesting and hold some similarities too.
There are different views about love. Some says it truly caring for that person’s happiness and interests, some says it’s the sacrifice of one’s own life for the well being of the person you love (Bartels, Andreas, Zeki & Semir, 2000). They all have some valid forms. But if see deeply then it can be seen all this forms are too altruistic. As given in literatures, explained by the biologists and experienced then it can be seen that human cannot do anything through another person’s frame of reference (Lewis, Thomas, Lannon, Richard, Amini & Fari, 2000). So, the meaning of love that is related to leaving of self does not hold any existences according to the human science. One’s human body can only help oneself to be healthy physically and emotionally, no other person can perform the basic functioning of human body or to be frank one cannot replace or work for other body.
Love is combination of pleasure of sex, attachment and the partner preference. However it can be said that loving is a act of loving oneself through the other persons. It is act of loving those people who can bear us, make us feel better and bring out our best. The human biology suggests that the love is associated with three major drive. Sex drive, attachment and the partner preference (Slater & Lauren, 2000). There are hormones I the body known as testosterone, oestrogen, dopamine, oxytocin and vasopressin that governs the feeling of love. The Central dopamine
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