Project Gutenberg 2006-02-07 Public domain in the USA. 15977 Lucka, Emil 1877 1941 Schleussner, Ellie The Evolution of Love Produced by Michael Ciesielski, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Evolution of Love" by Emil Lucka is a philosophical treatise written in the early 20th century. This work explores the various manifestations of love throughout human history and seeks to understand its evolution beyond mere biological or sexual impulses. The author aims to present a comprehensive examination of love from a psychological and civilizational perspective, rejecting the notion that it can be solely attributed to sexuality. At the start of the book, Lucka introduces his premise that love, as a profound human experience, has emerged and evolved over historical time rather than being an immutable instinct. He discusses the primitive perceptions of love among early humans, emphasizing that their sexual relationships were mostly chaotic and devoid of individualistic considerations, centering instead around maternal bonds. This initial exploration sets the stage for a deeper inquiry into the development of love as it intertwines with civilization, individual identity, and the eventual intersection of spiritual feelings with romantic notions in later cultures. The opening lays the groundwork for an expansive analysis that will consider the social, emotional, and metaphysical dimensions of love across different epochs. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 53.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Love Sex HQ Text Love Browsing: Gender & Sexuality Studies Browsing: Sexuality & Erotica Browsing: Sociology Category: Psychiatry/Psychology Category: Philosophy & Ethics 626344 2025-06-07T13:53:28.952363 text/html 632036 2006-02-07T12:59:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 246971 2006-02-07T12:59:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 322560 2025-06-07T13:53:39.223352 application/epub+zip 331264 2025-06-07T13:53:31.502408 application/epub+zip 311756 2025-06-07T13:53:29.939399 application/epub+zip 584769 2025-06-07T13:53:44.667284 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 554212 2025-06-07T13:53:37.817371 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 502319 2022-09-08T12:32:02.883610 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 579170 2025-06-07T13:53:28.018387 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 578962 2006-02-07T12:59:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 217199 2006-02-07T12:59:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 578987 2006-02-07T12:59:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 217088 2006-02-07T12:59:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21161 2025-06-07T13:53:44.838288 application/rdf+xml 13398 2025-06-07T13:53:30.517356 image/jpeg 3523 2025-06-07T13:53:30.232373 image/jpeg 304420 2025-06-07T13:53:29.008390 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog de.wikipedia