爱情心理学1
One of the most important human emotions is love.人类最重要的情感之一就是爱。
However, there are many different kinds of love.然而，有许多不同种类的爱。
Romantic love is certainly one of the most interesting kinds of love.浪漫爱情当然是最有趣的爱情之一。
It can be beautiful, wonderful, and heartbreaking, sometimes all at the same time.它可以是美丽的，美妙的，令人心碎的，有时是同时发生的。
Romantic love can make our lives full and meaningful, but it can also be an escape from loneliness and suffering.浪漫的爱情可以使我们的生活充实而有意义，但也可以使我们摆脱孤独和痛苦。
Besides romantic love, another kind of love is between parents and children.除了浪漫爱情，另一种爱是父母和孩子之间的爱。
If romantic love has a purpose, neither psychology nor biology has discovered it.如果浪漫爱情有目的，无论是心理学还是生物学都没有发现。
However, throughout history, philosophers have offered opinions about it.然而，在历史的长河中，哲学家们提出了对它的看法。
The Greek philosopher, Plato, said love makes us complete.希腊哲学家柏拉图说，爱使我们完整。
He relates a comic story in which humans originally had 4 arms, 4 legs and 2 faces.他讲述了一个漫画故事，其中人类最初有4条胳膊、4条腿和2张脸。
Then, when they angered the Gods, they were cut in half.然后，当他们激怒众神时，他们被切成两半。
Since then every person has been searching for their soulmate, the other half of his or her self.从那时起，每个人都在寻找他们的灵魂伴侣，他或她自己的另一半。
Another philosopher believed that love is an illusion.另一位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.在他看来，人们坠入爱河是因为他们相信别人能让他们快乐。
But in fact, this is just an illusion designed to make us have children.但事实上，这只是一个幻想，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，我们就回到原来的地方，仍然在寻找幸福。
For nature this is a success, because we have children to maintain our species.对大自然来说，这是一个成功，因为我们有孩子来维持我们的物种。
But it leaves us still searching for something more.但这让我们仍在寻找更多的东西。
According to this philosopher what is the real purpose of love? It's designed to maintain our species.根据这位哲学家的说法，爱的真正目的是什么？它被设计用来维持我们的物种。
If something is an illusion, it isn’t what it seems to be.如果某件事是一种错觉，那就不是它看起来的样子。
Some people say love can be a disguise for our sexual desires or a biological trick to make us to have children.有人说爱情可以是我们性欲望的伪装，或者是让我们生孩子的生物诡计。
In Buddhism, romantic love is seen as an attempt to satisfy our desires.在佛教中，浪漫爱情被视为一种满足欲望的尝试。
These desires are a defect, something we need to overcome.这些欲望是一种缺陷，我们需要克服。
The way to free ourselves from suffering is to remove desires.使自己摆脱痛苦的方法是消除欲望。
Once free of desires we can reach a state of peace and wisdom.一旦没有欲望，我们就能达到一种和平和智慧的状态。
This state of being is called nirvana.这种状态被称为涅盘。
According to Buddhism how can we free ourselves from suffering? overcome our desires根据佛教，我们怎样才能摆脱苦难？克服我们的欲望
Other kinds of love include the love between a parent and child.其他类型的爱包括父母和孩子之间的爱。