My best friend is getting married and asked me to officiate, but as we've been planning the ceremony we keep getting into these deep conversations about what marriage even means philosophically. Neither of us believes in traditional romantic love narratives anymore but we're struggling to articulate what we do believe in for her ceremony.
More people experience this than they realize.
The gap between inherited cultural scripts about love and personally examined beliefs becomes acute when ritual demands authentic expression.
“Where Are You with The philosophy of love — from Plato to contemporary?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.