A review of John Armstrong 's book 'Conditions of love: the philosophy of intimacy.(2003) Penguin Books. Reprinted from the Australian Association of Relationship Counsellors' newsletter February 2012. Written by Helena Phillips.
What is it to love another person? Armstrong begins his text with this question. The romantic vision of love
includes “longing, rapture; and the sense that one is in touch with the source of all rapture”. In the opening