ABSTRACT
For better or worse, love does not always last. This chapter considers what various different accounts of romantic love could say about loves that have passed. It looks at theories that view love as a response to a person’s qualities, their essence, a relationship, and as a way of seeing someone. Saunders argues that while all of these accounts capture something important, none of them on their own provides a complete account of love passing. He ends by proposing a holistic account of love, and its passing.
