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Ambivalence

E.T. Urso has some philosophical ambivalence for us especially for Valentine’s Day.

Assuming you’ll get married, choosing the right partner will be the most important decision in your life. The choice is so consequential that even the least romantic person – she who dismisses feelings as terrible guides to action – must take seriously the quest to identify the one. On pragmatic grounds, we’ll spend more time with the one than with anyone else, so we’d better like them. As imitative beings, we’ll absorb the one’s mannerisms, so we’d better esteem them. Our conversations will be limited to our combined capabilities, so we’d better pair well.

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