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Full Idea
Love is sentimental if it exaggerates the virtues and minimises the vices of its object.
Gist of Idea
Sentimental love distorts its object
Source
John Kekes (Against Liberalism [1997], 09.5)
Book Ref
Kekes,John: 'Against Liberalism' [Cornell 1997], p.198
A Reaction
Not sure about this. It implies that we should retain a streak of cold evaluative objectivity, even about the people we love most. There is difference between knowing a person's qualities, and the importance we attach to those qualities. Forgive vices!