Dennis asked:

This is a great service, so before I start using this way of asking more often, I would like to thank you
because of this service. And please excuse my language failures, I'm not English!

Now, my question is: What about love? Defining reality and life is nice, but love... Love is the answer,
like the Beatles said it best. And Philosophers seem to ignore or overlook the most important question
of all: Is love the answer? It is most likely that I'm not aware of philosophers which do so, therefore I
would like to know some names and if there aren't many, why?

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I agree with you that Ask a Philosopher is a great service. Not only for those was ask, but as much for
those who answer.

To start with your question: I think many good philosophers realize that love is very important. On the
other as well there are many others who act like taking part in a competition of quarreling.

Your English is perfect, it isn't my native language either. So necessarily I keep things simple.

To define love is not that easy. But I'll try.

Let's begin wondering what means loving yourself. That seems to me accepting and liking your own
approach to life (creativity). That bring us to loving others: accepting and liking THEIR approach to
life. On a completely different level things play like sexual attraction (equally important but different).

Is love the answer? yes I think so, if seen as accepting EVERY approach to life (or system of
thought). Seen that way 'love' is like relativism.

But mind that this also means that 'hate' as the dual partner of love is just as important. It means
accepting a way of thinking, BUT disagreeing. It can't be missed in reinforcing self-love. Discussion,
fighting, quarreling etc. helps to steer on the endless way to truth

Henk Tuten