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Love Prioritizes the Nearest
- It's better to love what is nearest like family before nation or humanity.
- Proximity gives love more legitimacy due to concrete content.
Love Lacks Detachment Found in Respect
- Respect presupposes detachment, unlike love and hatred which are immediate emotional modes.
- Love involves primitive attachment, resisting detached value judgments.
Spiritual Love Surpasses Respect
- Scheler wants to replace mere respect for others with spiritual love.
- Spiritual love involves a power exercised, not just activation.