![]() ![]() In Latin, lūdus means “game” or “play,” which fits with the type of love it refers to. Original Latin: Bucking the trend, the word ludus comes from Latin rather than Greek. It is also the source of the combining form -mania, which is often used in words that refer to obsessive behavior such as pyromania and egomania. The Greek mania is the source of the English word mania and similar words like maniac and manic. Mania describes what a jilted lover feels when they are extremely jealous of a rival or the unhealthy obsession that can result from mental illness. Mania is excessive love that reaches the point of obsession or madness. Mania is the kind of “love” that a stalker feels toward their victim.Īs a type of love, mania is not good, and the Greeks knew this as well as we do. Storge also describes the love that siblings feel towards each other, and the love felt by even more distant kin relationships, such as a grandparent for a grandchild or an uncle toward a niece. ![]() It is the type of love that parents feel toward their children and vice versa. Of all of the types of love, storge might be the easiest to understand. Storge is the natural love that family members have for one another. Agape was also the love that Jesus Christ felt for humanity, which explains why he was willing to sacrifice himself. Agape is the love that allows heroic people to sacrifice themselves to save strangers they have never met.Īgape is a major term in the Christian Bible, which is why it is often defined as “Christian love.” In the New Testament, agape is the word used to describe the love that God has for humanity and the love humanity has for God. Philosophically, agape has also been defined as the selfless love that a person feels for strangers and humanity as a whole. Agape is the kind of love that is felt by a person willing to do anything for another, including sacrificing themselves, without expecting anything in return. agapeĪgape is often defined as unconditional, sacrificial love. Philia itself is the source of the combining forms -philia, -phile, and -phily, all three of which are used to indicate a figurative love or affinity for something. The word philia is related to the word philosophy through the combining form philo. Our concept of platonic love-love that isn’t based on physical attraction-comes from this Platonic philosophy. The Greek philosopher Plato thought that philia was an even greater love than eros and that the strongest loving relationships were ones where philia led to eros: a “friends become lovers” situation. Philia is the kind of love that strong friends feel toward each other. Philia is the type of love that involves friendship. Why do we express our love through valentines? philia The words erotic and erogenous, which both have to do with sexual desire or arousal, are derived from eros. The word eros is still used in psychology today to refer to sexual desire or the libido. Eros was also the name of a love god in Greek mythology-better known by his Roman name, Cupid-and was the guy responsible for shooting magic arrows at people to make them fall in love. In the Bible, eros was synonymous with “marital love” because husbands and wives were supposed to be the only people having sex. Eros is the sensual love between people who are sexually attracted to each other. Eros is the type of love that involves passion, lust, and/or romance.Įxamples of eros would be the love felt between, well, lovers. erosĮros is physical love or sexual desire. Because we love them so much, we brought together some Greek words-and a Latin one, for good measure-for the different kinds of love you might find out there. Greek philosophers attempted to explain love rationally and often categorized the different kinds of love people could feel. In Ancient Greece, love was a concept pondered over by some of history’s most famous philosophers, including Plato and Aristotle. What is love? People have had a hard time answering that question for a lot longer than you might think. ![]()
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