One of the most important human emotions is love.人类最重要的情感之一是爱情
However, there are many different kinds of love.然而，有许多不同种类的爱情
Romantic love is certainly one of the most interesting kinds of love.浪漫的爱情当然是最有趣的爱情之一
It can be beautiful, wonderful, and heart breaking, sometimes all at the same time.它们可以是漂亮的，精彩的，和伤心的，有时它们同时发生
Romantic love can make our lives full and meaningful, but it can also be an escape from loneliness and suffering.浪漫的爱情能使我们生活充实且有意义，但它也能使我们逃离孤独和痛苦
If romantic love has a purpose, neither psychology nor biology has discovered it.如果浪漫的爱情有目的，心理学和生物学都没有发现
However, throughout history, philosophers have offered opinions about it.然而，遍及历史，哲学家们对此提出了自己的意见
The Greek philosopher, Plato, said love makes us complete.希腊哲学家，plato 说，爱情让我们完整
He relates a comic story in which humans originally had 4 arms, 4 legs and 2 faces.他讲述了一个有趣的故事，人类最初有4个胳膊4条腿和2张脸
Then, when they angered the Gods, they were cut in half.那时，党他们激怒了上帝，他们被切成两半
Since then every person has been searching for their soulmate, the other half of his or herself.从那时每个人都在寻找他或她自己的灵魂伴侣
Another philosopher believed that love is an illusion.另一个哲学家认为爱情是一种幻觉
In his view, people fall in love because they believe the other person can make them happy .在他的观点，人们相爱是因为他们认为其他人能使他们快乐
But in fact, this is just an illusion designed to make us have children.但事实，这仅是一种幻觉，旨在让我们有孩子
Once we have children, we are right back to where we were, still searching for happiness.一旦我们有了孩子，我们又回到原点，一直寻找幸福
For nature this is a success, because we have children to maintain our species.对自然说这是成功的，因为我们有孩子维持我们的物种
But it leaves us still searching for something more.但它仍然让我们寻找更多的东西
In Buddhism, romantic love is seen as an attempt to satisfy our desires.在佛教，浪漫的爱情被看作满足我们欲望的一种尝试
These desires are a defect, something we need to overcome.这些欲望是一个缺点，有些我们需要去克服
The way to free ourselves from suffering is to remove desires.把我们自己从痛苦中解放出来的方法就是移除欲望
Once free of desires we can reach a state of peace and wisdom.一旦摆脱欲望我们能达到一种平静和智慧的状态
This state of being is called nirvana.这种存在的状态被称作涅槃