:/ See that face there? That's how I feel about your post. I am extremely :/ about it. Being tired of the overuse of the term "love" is like being tired of the earth rotating. It's gonna happen, you just gotta deal with it.
I must know these definitions (and if they have four different words, those too)! Teach me oh wise one! *bows head in apprentice-worship*Atmos Duality said:It's an expression so vague that the Greeks had something like 3 or 4 different definitions for it.
Uh, sure. Stop bowing please.Biosophilogical said:I must know these definitions (and if they have four different words, those too)! Teach me oh wise one! *bows head in apprentice-worship*Atmos Duality said:It's an expression so vague that the Greeks had something like 3 or 4 different definitions for it.
That is so awesome! Now if only my old school had had Greek instead of Chinese.Atmos Duality said:Uh, sure. Stop bowing please.
Four principle forms of love (according to Helenestic culture)
In no particular order:
-Storge (Affection). This was reserved for family, primarily. Like the sort of love a father or mother has for their children or between paternal brothers/sisters.
-Philia (friendship). Yes, this is actually the root suffix we have for the "philias" we have today (pedophilia, necrophilia, etc), but its original meaning is more akin to those of a personal, non-family friend.
-Eros (passion). When we think of the typical romantic sort of love, it's Eros. Hell, the Greeks even had a goddess of the same name. It's commonly used to denote "natural love" via attraction or sometimes to describe compulsion (like when Eros plays cupid to mess with people).
-Agape. This is the most nebulous Greek definition of love, and is possibly the one that refers to "unconditional love". It's occasionally cited in biblical texts, but the definitions (in context) tend to overlap. Agape is the most personal and misunderstood love, sometimes referred to as "true love", or "love that cannot be explained".
That's good to hear, I've heard that they keep us apart and they won't stop stop breaking us down.Wiiiiiiilliam said:But...
love is our resistance.