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Love is complex and one of the neat things about this book is that the author defines love in many different ways the primary insight here is that ideally romantic love is not an obsession not idealistic and it involves re defining oneself as a part of a couple. Start your review of about love reinventing romance for our times write a review jan 05 2009 danielle marked it as to read he was my professor at university of texas in fall of 2006 the last semester before he died he told me i wrote like an angel i loved him he was brilliant. Love is complex and one of the neat things about this book is that the author defines love in many different ways the primary insight here is that ideally romantic love is not an obsession not idealistic and it involves re defining oneself as a part of a couple. Romantic love may begin with sexual passion but it is guided and nurtured by ideas the lovers have about their selves and the world according to this university of texas philosophy professor. About love reinventing romance for our times robert c solomon simon and schuster 1988 philosophy 349 pages 1 review examines the nature of romantic love changing attitudes towards sex equality in love relationships lovers quarrels and the role of friendship as a foundation of love