smitten by the objects of their romantic attraction. One’s beloved may even be called one’s crush. These violent terms speak of the intensity and power with which romantic love sometimes comes upon a person. The agent causing this passion is the one loved insomuch as his or her loveliness is the attractive force that moves the lover into a state of actually loving. My wife’s loveliness, for instance, is the efficient cause that draws me to her. My love for her is passionate to just the extent that