Monster Essays - On Love and Hate
On Love and Hate
Historically, extremes in emotion and reason do not often mix. I am
thus cautious of attempting to comb through love or hate with reason. My
recourses are two: to (yes, using what reason I have) separate intellectual
thought from emotion; and to apply as little reason as possible without
ceasing to write.
It seems reasonable (sorry) to assume that emotion and reason have
nothing to do with each other. It also seems very likely that one cannot
exist with the other. They seem capable of cohabitation within a single
person, but fall upon differing objects. Are not the things we love or
hate not the things we understand?
Hate:
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