restoring the Christian understanding of eros as a form of love. It aims to redeem the wrong notion that Christian tradition still holds the comprehension that eros is the worldly and possessive love as compared to agape‚ as the heavenly and oblative love grounded in and shaped by faith. Secondarily‚ this paper attempts to propose through phenomenological and metaphysical reflections that the very act of loving and being loved‚ which involves both agape and eros as forms of love‚ leads to the affirmation
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in oral presentation.] At the end of my speech‚ the audience will know how to approach the social issue of the failure to love adequately Central Idea: Much of our problem in the modern world is a problem of love in all its aspects - Eros‚ Libido‚ Agape‚ Philia. Introduction: [About 10% of speaking time.] I. Attention Getter: The irony with the youth of today’s generation is that even when they become romantically involved with a certain person or a certain project‚ they have the abnormal ability
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Loving Your Enemies Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. \I am forced to preach under something of a handicap this morning. In fact‚ I had the doctor before coming to church. And he said that it would be best for me to stay in the bed this morning. And I insisted that I would have to come to preach. So he allowed me to come out with one stipulation‚ and that is that I would not come in the pulpit until time to preach‚ and that after‚ that I would immediately go back home and get in the bed
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may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans‚ one ’s self or animals.[3] Ancient Greeks identified four forms of love: kinship or familiarity (in Greek‚ storge)‚ friendship (philia)‚ sexual and/or romantic desire (eros)‚ and self-emptying or divine love (agape).[4][5] Modern authors have distinguished further varieties of romantic love.[6] Non-Western traditions have also distinguished variants or symbioses of these states.[7] This diversity of uses and meanings combined
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The issue regarding a homosexual’s right to serve openly in the armed forces of the United States has become quite a controversial topic over the past few months. It started with President Obama’s first State of the Union address‚ in which he pledged to repeal the current “Don’t ask‚ don’t tell” policy that was put in place in 1993 by congress under President Clinton‚ in which gays are allowed to serve in the military as long as they do not disclose their sexual orientation. Recently‚ Obama has
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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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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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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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