Great love is tragic because it opposes species-purpose

Evidence

Simmel also speaks (in his essay “Über die Liebe”) of an “overtone of the tragic” which adheres to every great love because although the instinctual basis of love is connected with the life of the species, the pure experience of love is self-contained, an end in itself—opposed to the purposiveness involved in the continuation of the species and the procreation of third parties. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 917

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the tension between individual self-contained experience and collective/species purposes — parallel to the reader’s framing of Julius’s detachment in the essay. — connects to: Keeping a wild creature’s body and keeping its love are mutually exclusive — , A Year of World Stories, 11832; Initial hatred can precede the most passionate love — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 316; Grieving is a significant aspect of love and relationships. — Lynch, Thomas, The undertaking-life studies from the…, 117 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Truth, love, and art are all evolutionary responses to rising contingency #complicates (0.75)
• Keeping a wild creature’s body and keeping its love are mutually exclusive #expands (0.60) — , A Year of World Stories, 11832
• Grieving is a significant aspect of love and relationships. #expands (0.55) — Lynch, Thomas, The undertaking-life studies from the…, 117
• Initial hatred can precede the most passionate love #exemplifies (0.45) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 316