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Mathematical break down of that:

let x = love; let y = fear; let z = lack of fear.

This statement is basically saying:

x = z; y = x; => y = z; => We fear the lack of fear.

Sorry but that quote is basically 90% redundant, with x ("love") being a trivial parametric, eliminatable variable.



Your comment is proof that it's next to impossible to reduce the nature of the human condition down to ironclad mathematical concepts.


Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/55/


It will make sense to you some day - hopefully :-)

Logic is just one of the ways humans think. And often enough not the most powerful, because it is based on abstractions that are arbitrary artefacts of our minds.




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