Look at the power of the love-force you mention in chapter eight as natural love (ahabah). This kind of love is intense to the point that a man would give every one of his possessions to attain the woman’s attention, and he might even kill to protect her. It is so intense it cannot be drowned or extinguished and is comparable to “a most vehement flame.” This love force is a passion where reasoning is sometimes forgotten and a man might act out of impulse or even jealousy. …