Okay, this is the last thing I want to discuss in Unamuno's book. In Chapter 12, entitled "Love, Suffering, Pity, and Personality," the many paradoxes about love and pain are discussed. He describes love as,"the most tragic thing in the world and in life, readers and brothers of mine, is love. Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion; love is consolation in desolation; it is the sole medicine against death, for it is death's brother." One may be overwhelmed my these many paradoxes crammed into just a few sentences, but there is so much truth there upon further inspection.
For example, Unamuno states,"we unite with another, but it is to divide ourselves." That is because love is not an idea, but rather fulfilling a carnal desire or spirit. By this we feel all that spirit has of flesh in it. It seems to trick us into thinking by uniting with another we are fulfilling something deep. It is this impulse that joins their bodies, yet separates their souls. All of this creates a paradox. Perhaps not a pleasant one when love is put into this context, but if you have been in that kind of situation before, you can relate to what Unamuno has described.
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