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<< Living for love >>
"The reason I live/ It is/ also the reason/ you are living."
There is a sense of familiarity about someone you love, like you have known the person for a long time. It is a strange feeling that you have met the loved one somewhere before, in your dreams or maybe in your former life.
When you share the same feeling even though you don't exchange a word, or when your hearts are filled with love by just a thought of the loved one, the sense of intimacy grows stronger. There is a saying that lovers used to be one originally, but were divided into two parts, and therefore, feel attracted to and familiar with each other. If you find your other half, it is a predestined union.
The concept of two halves first appeared in ancient Greece. Dramatist Aristophanes explained love using the concept of "the other half" in Plato's "Symposium."
In the beginning, human beings had been hermaphroditic spheres with an arched back and ribs, four arms and four legs, and two faces facing opposite directions.
Both male and female had existed in one body.
The hermaphroditic human had amazing strength and supernatural power. However, they became arrogant and offended the Gods. Zeus would not tolerate such pride in mankind. In order to weaken their power and keep them humble, Zeus cut them in half, cleaving them into women and men. Their faces were turned to face each other so that they would remember their past.
So people, now only halves, yearn for and seek their other half ceaselessly. They have an ardent desire to become one again. Aristophanes defined love as being the primitive instinct of desire and effort to find one's other half and become one with them, in order to return to the original form. He also argued that people would be most happy when they follow their instinct and submit to Eros, the god of love who is most dear to mankind.
<<단어>>
* familiarity
친밀, 친근; 친교
* intimacy
(…와) 밀접한 관계를 갖기; 친밀, 친분, 친교
*
predestine 《종종 수동형으로》미리 …을 운명지우다[ for , to / to do]
* supernatural
초자연의, 불가사의한, 이상한; 기괴한
* tolerate
…을 관대히 취급하다, 용인[묵인]하다, 너그럽게 보아주다; 참다.
* instinct
본능, 타고난 행동 경향
ex) act on instinct 본능에 따라[본능대로] 행동하다
<<질문>>
1. When you can meet your half?? ^----^;
2. When you fall in love with a someone, but she or he is your friend's lover.
unfortunately after you crash on her or him, you know about that.
Would you give up????? or It doesn't matter to you??
3. what is the best way to attract your half??
4. Have you ever
made a passionate avowal of love ??
첫댓글 참... 질문 첫번째...When can you meet your half?? 입니다~!! @--@;;;; 꺄~~오!!!
마저ㅋ
다들 진실을 모르는군.. 겉만 영문과고 실제는 불문과다.ㅋㅋㅋ
나 이러면...연탄집게들고 낼 스터디 출근할꺼에요~!!!! ㅡ0ㅡ;;