In the Greek language there are several different words for “love”. Each word defines love within a different type of relationship or situation. First there is the word “eros”, this is a type of sexual or romantic love. This may be used towards a romantic partner or spouse. The second is “storge”. The word storge may be used in an affection way, often times talking about a parental love. The third is “agape”, which is a love of contentment, and acceptance. And last is the love I believe to be most important, “philia”. This is a love based on fondness, and goodwill. This is a type of love where one person wishes well for the other person, and cares deeply about them. Philia is important to have in a friendship with another person, especially in what Aristotle refers to as a character friendship; one of the three types of friendship according to Aristotle. Aristotle states, “Since these causes [of loving] differ in species, so do the types of loving and types of friendship. Hence friendship has three species, corresponding to the three objects of love. For each object of love has a corresponding type of mutual loving, combined with awareness of it” (Cahn 314). He says that there are three kinds of friendship and distinguishes them as utility friendships, pleasure friendships, and character …show more content…
Students move away from their friends, family and everything they know, and thrown into a totally new environment. With the stress of college classes and heavy course loads, students are also supposed to flourish socially and make an entirely new group of friends. In the beginning of my freshman year I struggled trying to make friends, and didn’t know exactly how to go about meeting new people. One morning while sitting in my Child Psychology, a girl in my class asked if I wanted to grab breakfast in the cafeteria with her. In desperation of just not wanting to sit alone, I said