first is Eros. Eros love involves passion and romance. While usually limited to just physical attraction‚ Eros also includes the feeling of immediate passion‚ such as a car enthusiast seeing his ultimate dream car‚ or a fine jewelry collector seeing the Hope Diamond for the first time. Eros is entirely a “now” feeling‚ or as most of us say‚ “love at first sight”. It’s all about the moment‚ about this feeling‚ the intensity right here‚ right now. The next type of love is Philia. Philia is a friendship
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Philia‚ eros‚ and agape are three different Greek terms for the word. These three terms explain the different types of love a human being can acquire. Philia is a love of friendship‚ which is grounded in commonality. However‚ eros is a kind of love that seeks something from the other person or thing. Lastly‚ agape is the love that wills the good of the other and is completely self-giving. The meanings of these Greek terminologies‚ philia‚ eros‚ and agape‚ allow us to better understand and discuss
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Anders Nygren claims that Christian idea of agape and Plato’s eros are distinct and contradicted with each other. Although they are different kind of love‚ I believe they are not really contradicted with each other and can unite together. The following paragraphs will talk about the content of Agape and Eros first‚ and then discuss the possibility of the unity of them in different perspectives. The term Eros is used to refer to that part of love constituting a passionate‚ intense desire for
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Agape is the Greek word for love "divine" and "unconditional". Agape‚ often compared to Christian charity‚ for Plato‚ the third form that love takes after the "Eros" physical love and the love of the spirit of the other "Philia". It is a selfless love‚ without seeking personal gain‚ so it is love for love is to say‚ the act of charity mainly. For Martin Luther King‚ the concept of agape stood at the center of both his spiritual belief in a knowable God and his assertion that love and nonviolence
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In the Poem‚ EPÇ by Robert Bridges‚ Eros is referred to as an ¡§¡Kidol of the human race¡K¡¨ with a perfect form and looks‚ however‚ he bears no expression on his face. On the other hand‚ in the poem‚ EROS‚ by Anne Stevenson‚ Eros is portrayed as a ¡§thug¡¨ with a bruised and ¡§patchy¡¨ appearance. I believe that although both authors are trying to convey the same message‚ they choose different ways to go about it. In the poem by Anne Stevenson‚ I believe that she is trying to show that while
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1. Anders Nygren claims that Christian idea of agape and Plato’s eros are distinct and contradicted with each other. Please comment this opinion with stating the content of these two ideas of love and examine the possibility of the unity of them. I do not agree with this statement. Though these two ideas are distinct‚ there is no contradiction between them and it is possible for these two distinct ideas to be unified. Christian idea of Agape is an idea of love is ‘unconditional love’ advocated
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poems about Eros by Robert Bridges and Anne Stevenson‚ two concepts of Eros are created through the use of imagery‚ rhetorical questions‚ rhyme scheme and diction. Where Robert Bridges presents Eros as both a blessing and a curse‚ while Anne Stevenson portrays a testimony of what most don’t perceive as Eros. In both poems the authors use diction to create imagery to portray Eros. Robert Bridges uses words such as "exuberant‚ starry sheen‚ and idol" to create a beautiful image of what Eros is while
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The word agape can be defined as the unconditional love of God or Christ for humankind. This was the first word that came to mind once I read the poem. It reminded me of going to church on Sundays; I go faithfully and wonder sometimes why God did for not only me but everyone here on earth. If that is not agape love‚ I don’t know what is! We are currently in a sin cursed world‚ where every time you turn around someone is doing some kind of evil. However‚ regardless of the harshness of the sin that
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PHL-1010H-LD01 09/18/12 Socrates as eros? Truly‚ love takes on many different forms. Love‚ for many centuries‚ has been given many different names. It also serves different functions. To distinguish a specific type of love‚ one of them is called eros. How love as eros can be defined is based upon the utilization of a specific writer’s perspective. Numerous published written works may account for the definition of eros. In this Essay‚ Plato’s perception of love as eros will be described. Furthermore
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pieces of work‚ “Eros Sleeping” and “Composition V” by Wassily Kandinsky will be analyzed using five different theories‚ which include formalism‚ two expression theories and two contextual theories. The chosen expression theories are Leo Tolstoy’s view based on his text “What is Art?” and the expression theory of O. K. Bouwsma laid out in his writing “Philosophical Essays”. For the contextual theories‚ Marxist Aesthetics and Danto’s theory of art will be used. In each section‚ “Eros Sleeping” will
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