Fools in Love: The types of love

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Fools in Love The types of love
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Types of love

• Many cultures have more than one word for 'love.'
• In Greek, there are three central senses of
  'love' Phileo, Agape, and Eros

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Phileo

• The love for friends and family members.
• Phileo is conditional love it is earned and can
  be lost

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'Phileo' words used in English

• Many English words are derived from phileo, eg.
• logophilia A fondness for words the love of
  words.
• philosophy The love for knowledge and wisdom.

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Agape

• deep, profound and connecting love non-sexual
• an unconditional love
• the love of a parent for a child or (for
  religious people) of God

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'Agape' words used in English

• agapism The doctrine exalting the value of love,
  especially in its general, nonsexual sense.
• anagapesis 1. Lack of interest in former loved
  ones. 2. A loss of feelings for someone who was
  formerly loved.

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Eros

• Romantic or sexual love

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'Eros' words used in English

• erogenous Producing erotic feelings often a
  reference to parts of the body that are sensitive
  to sexual arousal.
• erotic 1. Of or arousing sexual feelings or
  desires having to do with sexual love amatory.
  2. Highly susceptible to sexual stimulation. 3.
  Of or pertaining to the passion of love
  concerned with or treating of love amatory.