Mitsu and I were discussing my previous post:

Mitsu: [Drummond] seems to think (and perhaps this is a Christian tendency in general, also observable in that passage [from 1 Corinthians]) that love is more than the sum of its parts, i.e., that it is its parts, plus. But, I don’t think it’s a sum of parts, even with more added, i.e., love isn’t kindness + … + (something).

Me: I know what you mean. It’s not addition; it’s subtraction. I wrote about that a while ago.

Mitsu: Yes, love is less than the sum of its parts, yet that’s what makes it greater.

Me: Right. I’ll post that.