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    It is not the case that Egoistic love is fundamentally different from conventional love and cannot be straightforwardly substituted for it.

    ?Set your confidence on the premises below to see your aggregate.

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    • 1.Conventional love includes the desire to promote another person's welfare even when doing so conflicts with one's own interests or happiness.
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.Egoistic love retains the self as the ultimate object, allowing self-denial only when it enhances the lover's own pleasure.
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.A world without conventional love would be unfamiliar and impoverished.
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      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

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