Can you love someone on basis of a principle ?

The question is an odd one and need to be extrapolated with further coordinates so as to prevent the reader from making an uninformed proposition to the said question.

We will come back to the question after plot our coordinates by talking about the narrative at hand.

A certain prince Myshin treated for epileptique seizures abroad for a good number of years since his childhood returns home with practically nothing. He meets a woman Nastasya Fillipovna who has been maltreated by his own society like the woman who was caught in adultery and brought to Jesus.

On first glance the prince has pity on her and not only that he offers marriage to Nastasya ,the former end up refusing the offer anyway because of how she so loves him and marrying him would only ruin his life.

The prince goes on to declare that he has pity for the lady and not necessarily love as we know it. He uses the metaphor of a child that you can't leave alone bearing in mind that the child will hurt themselves if you do so.

Later on another girl Aglaya enters the scene having no interest in the prince from the beginning but eventually do end up loving him despite him being eccentric. The prince also do feel something for her akin to love as we know.

But what do you make of a person like the prince who claims to love one woman yet cannot bear leaving the one he pities. What end up happening is that Nastasya Fillipovna eventually runs off with a weird personality who is in love with her. But she remains a threat in the sense that she can appear anytime in the Myshin's life and flip it at will. Aglaya is aware of that and without knowing it she stages a meeting where the Myshin is made to choose between his love and compassion we night say.

The prince is the one referred to as the idiot in the book and you can't refrain to call him one in a situation as delicate as this one because he let's Nastasya Fillipovna get a hold of him and decides to marry him anew but I'll leave to guess what happens at the last minute.

So back to the question. Is it possible to love someone based on a principal? To paraphrase. Is it possible to love someonejust because you think they too deserve love?

Anyone has their opinion but if you pry you'll see that people stay in weird relationships at times because of very odd reasons.

The point is that those relationships have a moral side to them which some manipulative people even voluntarily exploit.

In my opinion such kind of relationships should be avoided if possible unless you have genuine interest otherwise except you're an idiot like the prince you'll eventually grow resentful. It is this kind of overreach that makes you think you can fix everything by your compassion.

It's good to remember that you're not Jesus Christ and that can help you redirect and help effectively.

The book takes a good time to take root. But the final chapters are so gripping.

Lets get reading the year is still young.