Forms of Love
What type of love focuses on emotional and spiritual connection, not physical attraction?
Pure love
Ibn Sina thought that thinking constantly about someone you love could lead to what?
Obsession
Ibn Sina believed love helps a person let go of what, leading to a more selfless life?
The ego
Ibn Sina is better known by what name in the West?
Avicenna
According to Ibn Sina, love helps people develop what quality, making them kinder and more forgiving?
Patience
Which form of love values mutual understanding, shared wisdom, and the growth of intellect?
Intellectual love
Love can sometimes resemble what emotional and mental disorder, according to Ibn Sina?
Love, according to Avicenna, helps people become more of what—caring, understanding, and giving?
Virtuous or morally good
Ibn Sina lived during what era of science, philosophy, and culture?
Islamic Golden Age
Ibn Sina saw romantic love as a step toward what higher form of love?
Divine love
Ibn Sina believed what type of love involves selflessness, compassion, and the betterment of both lovers?
Pure love
Ibn Sina warned that extreme obsession with love could result in what kind of health problem?
Physical illness
Ibn Sina claimed love improves the soul by making people focus on what instead of material things?
Spiritual and meaningful pursuits
Ibn Sina's works merged Greek philosophy, especially from which philosopher, with Islamic thought?
Aristotle
Ibn Sina believed that true love leads to what kind of understanding about the universe or God.?
spiritual or divine understanding
According to Ibn Sina, what form of love connects people through deep discussions, learning, and enlightenment?
Intellectual love
Ibn Sina observed that what kind of separation often intensifies love through idealization?
distance or being apart from the beloved
When someone improves themselves to reflect their beloved’s goodness, they are undergoing what?
moral or spiritual growth
Avicenna lived from 980 to what year?
1037
Ibn Sina viewed love not just as a feeling, but as a path toward what?
truth or enlightenment
What two forms of love, when combined, lead to personal fulfillment and a more harmonious life?
Pure and intellectual love
According to Ibn Sina, if what mental process stops, feelings of love may fade?
constant imagination or thinking about the beloved
Ibn Sina believed love is not just emotional, but also what kind of journey?
spiritual or philosophical journey
Avicenna’s writing influenced what three fields beyond philosophy?
psychology, literature, and medicine
What is the ultimate purpose of love, according to Avicenna—it connects us with the higher order of existence?
union with the divine