Full Idea
Love is a feeling, that is, ethical life in its natural form.
Gist of Idea
Love is ethical life in its natural form
Source
Georg W.F.Hegel (Elements of the Philosophy of Right [1821], 158 add)
Book Reference
Hegel,Georg W.F.: 'Elements of the Philosophy of Right', ed/tr. Wood,Allen W. [CUP 1991], p.199
A Reaction
For Hegel the less natural forms are more abstract - such as the categorical imperative. Does this imply that intellectual beings should extend the feeling of love into more abstract forms, such as virtues or principles or ideals?