The Love that Bridges the Gaps: Which is your kind of love? By Don Brown The ancient Greek identified four specific terms to describe love which are as follow: agape‚ phileo‚ storge‚ and eros. Which of these do you spend time engage in most of the times? Agape Agape love: This is an unconditional love that sees beyond the outer surface and accepts the recipient for whom he/she is‚ regardless of their flaws‚ shortcomings or faults. It’s the type of love that everyone strives to have for their
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closely associated with pathos is the emotional fondness of Eros. This type of love is a sincere longing to be emotionally connected to another human in a romantic way. It is a very intimate love‚ but it does not have to be sexual in nature. It can simply be someone who you have an even more cherished love for than phileo (friendship). Eros love‚ without any pathos or physical attraction‚ is referred to as platonic. The literal definition of eros is more complicated than a sexual or romantic affection
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to what he believes love really is. Lewis believed that love was not as simple as many theologians have put it. He believed that love was split into four different types‚ and that to understand love is to know these four types. Storge‚ Phileo‚ Eros‚ and Agape are the four types of loves Lewis speaks about. To be able to break down the subtle love between characters in his fictional novels‚ we must first have a firm grasp as to what Lewis really means when he uses the word love or shows love in a variety
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have long term commitment. The last style of love is Agape‚ the result of Eros and Storge love. This love is known as selflessness‚ enduring and unconditional. Moreover‚ when compare with other categories‚ Agape is the purest and truest kind of love emotion. Eventhough‚ they have to do something that is agent their own desire‚ without expectation of any reward‚ people with this love type will scarify themselves to make other people happy . Agape is limited and unique‚ however‚ it is one of the best
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Greeks call philia. Philia is translated and defined as friendship‚ comradeship‚ or brotherly love. In the essay‚ it goes into an example about philia how numberless soldiers have died‚ not for country‚ honor‚ or religious faith or for any other reason but because they realized that by them fleeing the post they were as and rescuing themselves‚ they would in-turn expose their companions to greater danger. On contrasting sides‚ the Greeks also identified another type of love called eros. Eros will manifest
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Case Study- Cyber Bullying 2 December 2010 It was 7:00 a.m.‚ and Skylar rose out of his bed just like any other day. He got dressed‚ combed his hair‚ brushed his teeth‚ grabbed a pop tart and was out the door. Skylar is in the eighth grade and he has been bullied since fourth. Chris Jacobson has picked on him with his “gang” for the past four years. They tease him about his braces‚ the way he wears his clothes‚ being too skinny‚ and anything they can think of. On top of that‚ Skylar has suffered
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Basis for Christian Ethics Ethics are standards of conduct or guidelines for behaviour. We often qualify ethics to apply to a particular profession or group‚ as in medical ethics or legal ethics‚ by which we mean the expected behaviour and conduct of members of a particular profession to their clients and to other professionals. Professional ethics apply only to members of that profession and are not intended to apply to conduct generally. Being a Christian is not an accident of birth or membership
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sectors: eros‚ phileo‚ storge‚ and agape. These types of love are all found in the Bible and are classified as an important thing for all Christians to understand (“Four Kinds of Love”). Eros is the physical‚ sexual love – often called ‘erotic’ (“Kinds of Love”). It is the love found between two people in a marriage and is used for reproduction and emotional and spiritual bonding (Ceglowski). In the Bible‚ God forbids it outside of matrimony (Ceglowski). Eros is the type
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Paul Choi In recent history‚ homosexuality has caused much uproar. The powerful movement of homosexuality questions the nation’s moralistic‚ humanistic‚ and LOVE: From the question of what is love‚ people may hear many different answers from philosophers‚ psychologists‚ novelist‚ poet‚ or other people. Even though people have experienced falling in love with someone‚ they have different definition on the
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mysteries which we all desperately wish to understand. In Lee’s book of research "the colors of love" he categorizes six different types of love‚ in order to make it easier for the readers to understand. The six types of love as described by Lee: 1. Eros- from the Greek word " erotic or passionate"; a passionate physical and emotional love based on aesthetic enjoyment; stereotype of romantic love. 2. Ludus is a game-playing or uncommitted love. Lying is part of the game. A person who pursues ludic
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