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Other ancient authors have used forms of the word to denote love of a spouse or family, or affection for a particular activity, in contrast to eros (an affection of a sexual nature). In the New Testament , agape refers to the covenant love of God for humans, as well as the human reciprocal love for God; the term necessarily extends to the love ...
This is an explanation of the Christian need to love others, including their enemies. Thomas Aquinas explains that Christian love is motivated by the need to see others succeed in life, to be good people. Regarding love for enemies, Jesus is quoted in the Gospel of Matthew: You have heard that it was said, "Love your neighbor and hate your enemy."
In a Christian context, agape means "love: esp. unconditional love, charity; the love of God for person and of person for God". [3] Agape is also used to refer to a love feast. [4] The Christian priest and philosopher Thomas Aquinas described agape as "to will the good of another". [5] Eros (ἔρως, érōs) means "love, mostly of the sexual ...
“Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.” — Alexander Smith “Love is the soul’s light, the taste of morning, no me, no we, no claim of being.”
Schadenfreude (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː d ən f r ɔɪ d ə /; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] ⓘ; lit. Tooltip literal translation "harm-joy") is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, suffering, or humiliation of another.
Abe’s love for Jane is moving, but it isn’t particularly transcendent – at face value, at least. It is, like other stories, a tale of boy meets girl. There are no star-crossed lovers here.
Phileo is a love used to describe friendship between individuals. This love is commonly seen between friends in public, especially as displays of warm gestures. Storge is another type of love that is expressed through parenting. Eros is a romantic love that was a type of love forbidden in early society and is still forbidden in some societies ...
Among his love-sick targets, Catullus, along with others like Héloïse, would find himself summoned in the 12C to a Love's Assize. [17] From the ranks of such figures would emerge the concept of courtly love, [18] and from that Petrarchism would form the rhetorical/philosophical foundations of romantic love for the early modern world.