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Though there are more Greek words for love, variants and possibly subcategories, a general summary considering these Ancient Greek concepts is: Agape (ἀγάπη, agápē [1]) means, when translated literally, affection, as in "greet with affection" and "show affection for the dead". [2] The verb form of the word "agape" goes as far back as Homer.
As Gerard Hughes points out, in Books VIII and IX of his Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle gives examples of philia including: . young lovers (1156b2), lifelong friends (1156b12), cities with one another (1157a26), political or business contacts (1158a28), parents and children (1158b20), fellow-voyagers and fellow-soldiers (1159b28), members of the same religious society (1160a19), or of the same ...
The Italian third edition has been published in 2013 (first edition in 1995), a Modern Greek translation has been published in 2013, and the English edition has been published by Brill in 2015, edited by Madeleine Goh and Chad Schroeder, [1] and a German translation is to be published in July 2023 by De Gruyter. [2]
Greek δημιουργός gave Latin its demiurgus, from which English got its demiurge, which can refer either to God as the creator or to the devil, depending on philosophical context. In some languages, a word stem associated with a single event may treat the action of that event as unitary, so in translation it may appear contronymic.
Storge (/ ˈ s t ɔːr ɡ i / STOR-gee; [1] from Ancient Greek στοργή (storgḗ) ' love, affection '), [2] or familial love, refers to natural or instinctual affection, [1] [3] such as the love of a parent towards offspring and vice versa. In social psychology, another term for love between good friends is philia. [3]
Derived from Greek, agape traditionally denotes a selfless, unconditional love. In Thelemic practice, agape represents the highest form of love and is often associated with True Will and the central tenet of the religion: "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Love is the law, love under will."
Iran is ready to give the United States a chance to resolve disputes between the arch foes, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Wednesday, a day after President Donald Trump restored his ...
Translation language Period covered Notes Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque: Pierre Chantraine: 1968 1980 1,436+ 78pp. supplement 4 (in a single vol. in 2009) French: Etymological Dictionary of Greek: Robert Beekes: 2009 1,808+ 64pp. introduction 7,500 2 English