Definition Essay About Love

What is Love? Every human has experienced some form of love. Whether it is being loved by someone or loving another/something. The word love does not really have a positive or a negative connotation. It seems as if this term is a combination of both. We spend most of our lives craving, searching, and incessantly talking about love. This extremely complex emotion is one of the most, if not the most, intense emotions one can feel. According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, love is a “strong affection for someone arising out of kinship or personal ties.” (Webster) However, to truly understand love, one must know it in all of it’s forms. First of all, agape is unconditional or divine love. This is the love one would receive for their mother or religious figure. Their love has no boundaries and will never “die out”. Eros is known as a sexual or erotic kind of love, the love you would find in a …show more content…
For example, two people are in a completely sex based relationship. Does this mean that they love each other? No. They simply are in a relationship for the pleasures that sex brings. This differs with a relationship an asexual person would be in. This person has no desire for any type of sexual relationship. Instead, they crave a relationship that is completely romantic. Another form of love is storge. Storge is the kind of love that you would share with your family. This is not romantic at all, just familial. The next form is philia, the love you have for friends. As Francois Lelord once said, “Very different from eros is philia, a serene love much more akin to friendship, with its reciprocal kindnesses. You love each other for the happy experiences and pleasures you share.” (Brainyquote) The last three types of love are: ludus, pragma and philuta. Ludus is playful and flirty love, pragma is long lasting love or married love, and philuta is the love of one’s self.