Provocative and eye-opening,
Why We Need Love
is one of three slim selections of philosophical texts and excerpts—along with
Why We Fight
and
Why Our Decisions Don’t Matter—
introduced and contextualized by acclaimed author Simon Van Booy (
Love Begins in Winter, The Secret Lives of People in Love
).
This book explores how some of the greatest minds of civilization have tackled a question that continues to play a vital part in our lives today. In
, Simon Van Booy curates an enlightening collection of excerpts, passages, and paintings, presenting works by Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, John Donne, William Blake, George Eliot, Emily Dickinson, O. Henry, W. B. Yeats, James Joyce, E. E. Cummings, Anaïs Nin, Marc Chagall, J. Krishnamurti, and others.