THE MEANING OF I LOVE YOU

In this essay ‘John Alexander’ meditates scholastically on the metaphysical basis of the phrase ‘I love you’. A formal philosophical discourse on the nature of love, the essay suggests that love, in its deepest sense, reveals man’s longing for a transcendent Being who is Love – Deus Caritas est.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE
THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM AND ITS PHENOMENOLOGY

CHAPTER TWO
“I LOVE YOU” – METAPHYSICAL CRITIQUE

CHAPTER THREE
THE CONFLICT OF LOVES

CHAPTER FOUR
“I LOVE YOU” AS “WORDS”

CHAPTER FIVE
“[LOVE IS] THE PROMISE WHICH CANNOT BE KEPT”