Comparing Agape, Philautic, And Storge
Red is quite like love. The color is always going to be considered red. Much like love there are different variations and shades of red. Love is known worldwide, but like red, it has different forms and fashions. Ancient Greece founded many types of love. The way you love your friends differs from how you love a significant other or a parent. There are several types of love, but three most common types are Agape, Philautic, and Storge.
Beginning with Agape love is only right. Agape love means self-sacrificing love. The pinnacle of all love. When practicing Agape love, you love those around you unconditionally. You love your worst enemies and those who have wronged you. This type of love is known throughout Christianity. God is notorious for teaching his followers that he loves all of them unconditionally and they should do the same. This is shown when God sends his only son, Jesus, to die for the sins of others for centuries to come. Imagine how selfless …show more content…
Storge love is also known as a familiar type of love. Storge is not only love shared, it is a bond and a connection shared. Being inside of a womb for nine months, sharing each emotion, meal, and space with each other creates a connection between the two. After birth, you are nurtured by parents and every need is taken care for eighteen years. Storge is also a love shared between siblings as well. Having family around during the highs and the lows creates an unmatched bond with other. Life without Storge is difficult because there isn’t a solid foundation.
Briefly, we have touched base on three most common types of love and the dangers of lack thereof. All three types of love are important but in diverse ways. Agape is important to love others selflessly, no matter what was done to you. Philautia is important for loving yourself unconditionally. Lastly Storge is important for creating bond and connections with the ones closely connected to
Beginning with Agape love is only right. Agape love means self-sacrificing love. The pinnacle of all love. When practicing Agape love, you love those around you unconditionally. You love your worst enemies and those who have wronged you. This type of love is known throughout Christianity. God is notorious for teaching his followers that he loves all of them unconditionally and they should do the same. This is shown when God sends his only son, Jesus, to die for the sins of others for centuries to come. Imagine how selfless …show more content…
Storge love is also known as a familiar type of love. Storge is not only love shared, it is a bond and a connection shared. Being inside of a womb for nine months, sharing each emotion, meal, and space with each other creates a connection between the two. After birth, you are nurtured by parents and every need is taken care for eighteen years. Storge is also a love shared between siblings as well. Having family around during the highs and the lows creates an unmatched bond with other. Life without Storge is difficult because there isn’t a solid foundation.
Briefly, we have touched base on three most common types of love and the dangers of lack thereof. All three types of love are important but in diverse ways. Agape is important to love others selflessly, no matter what was done to you. Philautia is important for loving yourself unconditionally. Lastly Storge is important for creating bond and connections with the ones closely connected to