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The Modern Greek word "erotas" means "intimate love". Plato refined his own definition: Although eros is initially felt for a person, with contemplation it becomes an appreciation of the beauty within that person, or and may ultimately transcend particulars to become an appreciation of beauty itself, hence the concept of platonic love to mean ...
The ancient Greeks came up with seven different words for the types of love. Experts break down what they mean and how to foster the types of love in your life. Yup, There Are A Total Of *Seven ...
How to apply the Ancient Greeks' eight words for 'love' to your life.
Theological agapism holds that our love of God is expressed by loving each other. As the ethics of love, agapism indicates that we should do the most loving thing in each situation, letting love determine our obligation rather than rules. Alternatively, given a set of rules, agapism indicates to follow those rules which produce the most love.
Polyamory is a hybrid word: poly is Greek for "many" and amor is Latin for "love". The article titled "A Bouquet of Lovers" written by Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart and first published in Green Egg Magazine (Spring 1990), is widely cited as the original source of the word. [1] The article did not use the word "polyamory" but it introduced "poly ...
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The word is found in all Polynesian languages and always with the same basic meaning of "love, compassion, sympathy, kindness." [5] Its use in Hawaii has a seriousness lacking in the Tahitian and Samoan meanings. [6] Mary Kawena Pukui wrote that the "first expression" of aloha was between a parent and child. [5]
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 ...