Hätte ehrlicherweise „Gründe für Fürsorge“ heißen sollen. Hätte sich aber vermutlich schlechter verkauft.

A failed philosophical attempt.

The title should have been "My Reasons of Love." Also, Henry writes like a grumpy and lonely old academic, which is annoying when it isn't French.

Gedanklich grandios.

"Inspiring"

Don't be scared that it is a book of philosophy. It is an inspiring read. It has become such an inspiration for me: to wholeheartedly care for what we care.

I'm sorry but Frankfurt's argument of a 'good life' just didn't make a lot of sense to me.
He's basically like
Care + Wholeheartness = happiness
But he does not really expand on what happens when your cares start conflicting each other, and whether or not wholeheartness can be the ultimate defeat of your happiness (ex. grief, love for a broken marriage, religion, etc.)

Frankfurt’s “The Reasons of Love” examines the necessity of love, (not simply in the romantic, but in the general unconcerned care of things), to providing meaning and purpose to our lives. This argument of love within philosophy is presented in refreshingly clear and human terms for an academic work. To this point, the initial ideas and components that lay the framework for Frankfurt’s position manage to avoid the usual confusion that comes with expressing a new conceptual approach and vocabulary. Overall this book was a surprising gem to find within the context of usual philosophy course readings, and is well worth the time if you are interested in a relevant and refreshingly meaningful approach to moral philosophy.

The whole argument falls apart the more he tries to explain it. At one point he says, "it seems like koan" and then tries to explain how it's not, but, it seemed to me, actually just reinforced the criticism.

کتاب خوبی بود ولی من نفهمیدم چی میگه.
باید یه بار دیگه بخونمش.
جمله هاش طولانی بود و مفهوم به راحتی قابل درک نبود

I'd recently read Frankfurt's On Truth and On Bullshit, and somehow stumbled across this book soon afterwards. Not everyone will agree with Frankfurt's definition of love, but he makes a very interesting case, and from that, suggests that life is best lived in accordance with those things one loves. This may seem simple, but some of the added complications include that we are not always well-informed of our own inner workings (we may mistakenly think we love something, or may alternately be unaware of something we do love), or the things we love may be in conflict with each other, somehow. It was a new look at love for me, and I will probably return to this book again after some more thought on the matter. It is in no way a "self help" book, but I feel as though thinking on it may do just that, anyway.

Beyond the nature phenomena about Love.
Fro Plato to Aristoteles, Kant, Russel and your self. Actually love without any condition and matter its truly from GOD.

Very approachable and clear. Good analysis of love and its essential components