Metaphorical Conceptualization and its Cultural Foundations in Persian Literature (Case Study: The Metaphor of Love is War) by Jahandoost Sabzalipour, Raziye roosami juryabi

“…It's hard to believe that Love is like a war, because love is spiritual, emotional and desirable for all individuals and nations, but there is such a metaphor in Persian language and literature. …”
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C. McGinn. Is Romantic Self-Love Possible? / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev by A. V. Nekhaev

“…It makes difference between two forms of such love feeling like de re and de dicto. Based on this difference, the impossibility of romantic self-love de dicto is demonstrated, since this would violate one of the constitutive conditions of such a love feeling — the requirement of the numerical distinctness between the lover and the beloved.…”
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