is felt or expressed rather than defined‚ I cannot give the exact meaning but I know what it means and how to show it. Beyond that‚ I rest my case. The ancient Greeks tried to define and sort out LOVE. And they come up with four- Storge‚ Philia‚ Eros and Agape. And I have come up with this presentation to define all four in the simplest way possible. We won’t go far. We will deal with a person we all have. She is our mother‚ either biological emotional attachment. Our mothers are the perfect examples
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person‚ or are they just in love with the ideology of being in love. In Ancient Greece‚ love was viewed in many different ways. For example‚ they thought it could be agape‚ eros‚ or philia. Agape refers to the pure views of love or the “love of the soul.” Another view on love is philia‚ which is a disspassionate love one feels for family
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decision depends on its situation. Situation ethics was based on the concept of love. There are 3 different types of love is Greek‚ eros which means erotic love‚ philia which meant friendship love and agape love which was selfless love‚ Christians would recognize this as neighbor love which Jesus demonstrated by sacrificing himself for humanity. Fletcher believed in agape love‚ and based his theory on it. He said that love is the important thing and is even seen taking priority in the bible as the early
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love‚ such as I may not love my close friend the way that I love my husband. Our text states that there are six different styles of love which include the following; Romantic love (eros)‚ Game-playing love (ludus)‚ Friendship (storage‚ philia)‚ Logical love (pragma)‚ Possessive‚ excited love (mania)‚ and Selfless love (agape) (Rathus‚ Nevid‚ Fichner-Rathus‚ 2011). 1. Scenario: Selfless love Amy is an individual that make sure that she always does the right thing throughout life. She will make whatever
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Humanistic and Existential Personality Theories Matrix Humanistic and Existential Personality Theories Matrix Theorists have invested years of research into learning the dynamics of one’s personality. Humanistic and Existential Personality Theories offered perspectives that have proved to be valuable to those researching and exploring how one’s personality develops and expands throughout life. From Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to Carl Rogers’s development
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There are 4 different major Love types‚ brought to us by the ancient greek. All 4 types stand for a different kind of love‚ whether it is the love we usually think of when we hear the word love or the kind of love parents have for their children. Agapé (ἀγάπη): This kind of love stands for the love a young boy might have for a young girl. It is the love we automatically think of when someone mentiones “loving someone”. It is also described as the “romantic
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Trinity Monday Theology 110 Professor Johnston 10/22/14 Vocation and Marriage In the vocation of marriage the husband is to love and serve his wife‚ and the wife is to love and serve her husband. God instituted marriage near the beginning of time in Genesis. Nowadays we can clearly see how sin has got the best of marriage by twisting its meanings and blessings that are supposed to come out of this life-long vow. Love is the basis and backbone of every marriage and its vocation. This is especially
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viewed as one of the best books written on the subject of love as it pertains to religion. In the book‚ Lewis covers many ideas including the four types of love which include: storgé (empathetic love/affection)‚ philia love (the love between friends)‚ Eros (erotic/romantic love)‚ and Agapé (the unconditional ‘God’ love). In this book‚ Lewis also covers the differences between need and gift love; however‚ one of the most astounding statements that Lewis makes is in the storgé passage‚ specifically
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Can men and women be just friends without any sexual tension between them? I don’t believe so. I believe‚ both from personal experience and from several scholarly sources‚ that there is always‚ at some point‚ a sexual attraction between two people of the opposite sex who have a friendly‚ pleasant relationship. There are too many natural human instincts that drive us to be sexually attracted to a person for male-female friends to not ever experience physical attraction towards each other. From my
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Julia Merryman CORE 110-V Lora Mendenhall Formal 3 Draft 1 November 26‚ 2012 Book of Ruth This is a love story‚ although it is not the usual love that recent fictitious novels depict. Most love stories are about two people‚ while this story is about three. It is about a more sacred and deep love that cannot be described by a word that has lost it’s meaning throughout the years. The word “love” has become an overused word that people use for everything. What I find discomforting is the
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