We need food. We need water. We need warmth. And the lover feels he/she needs the beloved. Plato had it right over two thousand years ago. The god of love "lives in a state of need."41
In her book "Why We Love," Helen Fisher explores the essential needs that humans have for food, water, and warmth, drawing a parallel to the emotional requirements of love. Just as we cannot survive without these basic necessities, Fisher argues that love is an equally vital component of human existence. Love is depicted as a fundamental drive that shapes our wants and desires.
Fisher references Plato's idea that love is rooted...