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Philosopher David Cerdá: “Love Is Worth It Because It Enlarges Our Lives”

From Clarín · () Spanish

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  • Philosopher and economist David Cerdá argues that love enriches life through meaningful bonds, care and shared projects.
  • He presents love as an experience involving commitment, vulnerability and responsibility, rather than only immediate happiness or romantic idealization.
  • Cerdá says relationships can bring difficulty, but they also open the possibility of a broader, shared life.

“Love is worth it because it enlarges our lives,” philosopher and economist David Cerdá argues in a reflection that treats love as more than romantic fulfillment.

For Cerdá, loving someone means offering oneself, accepting vulnerability and giving importance to what happens in the other person's life. Their joys, worries and difficulties become connected to our own. That can make love demanding, but also deeply enriching.

His argument moves beyond the immediate well-being that relationships may provide. Meaningful bonds require people to look beyond their own interests, pay attention to the needs of those around them and accept responsibilities that would not exist in a life focused only on the self.

Cerdá also rejects an idealized picture of romance. Love does not remove difficulties or promise a conflict-free life. Important relationships can pass through complicated periods. Yet the possibility of sharing life, building projects together and caring for others gives experience a different dimension.

That is the tension at the center of his reflection: love can expose people to hardship, but it can also make life wider and more shared. Its value, he suggests, lies precisely in what those demanding bonds make possible.

Love is worth it because it enlarges our lives.

· David CerdáThe philosopher's central argument about the value of love and meaningful relationships.
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