UNIT 63: LOVE

There is only one passion which satisfies man's need to unite himself with the world,
and to acquire at the same time a sense of integrity and individuality, and this is love. Love is
union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of keeping the
separateness and integrity of one's own self. It is an experience of sharing, of communion,
which permits the full opening of one's own inner activity. The experience of love does away
with the necessity of illusion. There is no need to inflate the image of the other person, or of
myself, since the reality of active sharing and loving permits me to go beyond my
individualized existence, and at the same time to experience myself as the bearer of the
active powers which constitute the act of loving. What matters is the particular quality of
loving not the object

I. VOCABULARY
Passion: enthusiasm, excitement Illusion: false idea or belief
To satisfy: to please To Inflate: to increase
To unite: to join, to bring together Image: impression
To acquire: to get, to obtain Existence: survival
Integrity: honor, honesty, reliability Bearer: owner, possessor
Separateness: being apart Inner: Inside
Communion: unity, relationship To constitute: to form, to make up
To permit: to allow To do away with: to get rid of, to
dispose of

II. EXERCISE: Complete the sentences with a suitable form of the words defined
above.
1. She had a ... for fine music and fine art.
2. Yet no-one could ever have doubted either his sincerity or .... in fighting for what he
always felt was right.
3. My father had bought the farm at an auction, at what turned out to be an .... price,
4. The belief that this can continue is an ....."
5. His courage and nobility are innate rather than .... through circumstances.
III. READING COMPREHENSION
1. We can infer that the love that the writer talks about .........
a. is uniting yourself only with the person you love.
b. causes one to lose one's individuality and integrity.
c. does not permit the experience of sharing.
d. is not restricted to one person or a thing.
e. is the union in one's own inner activities.
2. The writer emphasizes that a person must ....................
a. experience sharing and communion in his life
b. maintain his sense of independence when uniting with another person or
anything.
c. bear in mind the necessity of illusion when falling in love.
d. not have a sense of integrity and individuality.
e. give more importance to the image of the person he loves.
3. What is more important for the writer is .................
a. the nature of loving rather than what it is directed at.
b. his ability, to unite a person with another.
c. the person he feels affection towards.
d. to instill active sharing and loving in other people.
e. the things or people that he directs his love towards.