Desperately, people turn to use some words loosely. Take note when you are talking with people and they start using words like smart, pretty, beautiful, intelligent, or love in sentences. For the purpose of this paper, I will focus on the word Love due to the fact that love turns to apply in all the other words that people use loosely. There are lots of definitions of love, but I will pick one from Dictionary.com that states: A feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend. The good news is a large majority of people are happy when they hear someone say “I Love You”. On the other hand, when someone says I love you, it can get misinterpreted very easily. One question I ask is “do people ever step back …show more content…
If you take the time to search in a browser “Types of Love”, you will receive lots of them. However, I stress that there are basically four types of Love for which the first of concern is called Eros in Greek. Similarly, In English Eros stands for Erotic Love. Jack Zavada states that Eros is a Greek word for sensual or romantic love. The term originated from the mythological Greek goddess of love, sexual desire, physical attraction, and physical love (Zavada 2017). Most often than not, when members of the opposite sex meet for the first time and start conversing, there is that lack of confidence to say the phrase “I love you” due to the fact that the other person will misinterpret it to mean Eros. The easiest way to make a member of the opposite sex feel uncomfortable with their self, their natural environment, and with you, is to meet them for the first time, still as strangers, and use the phrase “I love you”, then watch how they act. I’ll assure that it is not always true that when a stranger says for the first time I love you it means Eros. Furthermore, I’ll stress that Eros is further sub-divided into Ludus and …show more content…
Unlike the other types of love, pragma is the result of effort on both sides. It’s the love between people who’ve learned to make compromises have demonstrated patience and tolerance to make the relationship work. Sometimes, pragma is misunderstood with another type of love called Philia, however, the difference is the longevity of the friendship.
Moreover, the third type is called Philia a Greek word which stands for Friendship love. The Greek term describes powerful emotional bond seen in deep friendship. The Greeks value philia love far above eros because it was considered a love between equals. Philia is the main general type of love in Scripture, encompassing love for fellow humans, care, respect, and compassion for people in need. As Aristotle put it, philia is a “dispassionate virtuous love” that is free from the intensity of sexual attraction. If you find yourself in this type of love with a member of the opposite sex, you’re in superior