The Paradox of Love
Rolf. A. F. Witzsche
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In the present world, as fascism is becoming
evermore deeply entrenched, and this at a time when the entire world-financial system is about to disintegrate under the pressure of global
looting with unimaginable consequences, the phenomenon of love seems distant. Still, love exists and is a real factor in whatever is fundamental to civilization. But where does one begin to explore the foundation of that which
is so illusive and has been rapidly disappearing from the world scene while fascist tendencies take over the reign? I believe the best way to begin the search for that which has been illusive and disappearing, is to ignore the conventional scene where people tell you, "This is it!" One can be sure that no answers can be found there, because love, itself, is vanishing from this scene. It can't exist in the face of the dogmatic. What we regard as love in this realm is a mythological perversion. People begin to recognize that. They also begin to recognize that humanity must find the real thing: the great motivator that alone eradicates fascism and the wholesale stealing from one another. They know deep in their heart that love alone eradicates war, terrorism, and all the world's ominous atomic weaponry. Even more than this, people know that they need something of substance that enriches their individual lives. This means we are looking for something that is real, something that has its roots in fundamental principle, something that is verifiable, something that we know must exist, but has been overlooked for a long time. The most obvious arena where we may look for the roots of love would have to be that which was created during the great periods of cultural and scientific renaissance, the bright spots in the history of humanity where the clearest image of humanity can be found. One would therefore go back in time, 2500 years, and explore the Greek Classical Period, the period of Homer, Solon, Socrates, and Plato. One would also explore the Golden Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries that followed, and even the scientific renaissance that unfolded in the early 1800s. If one pursues the trail of the bright periods in human history, in the search for the roots of love, one comes upon a thread that combines all of these great periods which appear to be contributors to the development of love.
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