02273cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000280011324500260014126400510016730000470021833600260026533700260029133800360031750000310035350801180038452013000050253400450180265300090184765300080185670000230186485600430188799900170193017699UtSlPG20260610133419.0mcr n260607r2006||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aHQ1 aLucka, Emil,d1877-194114aThe Evolution of Love 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2006  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2006-02-07  aProduced by Michael Ciesielski, Martin Pettit and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"The Evolution of Love" by Emil Lucka is a philosophical treatise written in the early 20th century. This work explores the various manifestations of love throughout human history and seeks to understand its evolution beyond mere biological or sexual impulses. The author aims to present a comprehensive examination of love from a psychological and civilizational perspective, rejecting the notion that it can be solely attributed to sexuality.  At the start of the book, Lucka introduces his premise that love, as a profound human experience, has emerged and evolved over historical time rather than being an immutable instinct. He discusses the primitive perceptions of love among early humans, emphasizing that their sexual relationships were mostly chaotic and devoid of individualistic considerations, centering instead around maternal bonds. This initial exploration sets the stage for a deeper inquiry into the development of love as it intertwines with civilization, individual identity, and the eventual intersection of spiritual feelings with romantic notions in later cultures. The opening lays the groundwork for an expansive analysis that will consider the social, emotional, and metaphysical dimensions of love across different epochs. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aLove  aSex1 aSchleussner, Ellie40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17699  c59085d59085