Agape

feeling we have for flappy birds. C.S. Lewis describes the different meanings of love very well in one of his books, The Four Loves. The first love Lewis describes is supernatural love, or agape. This love is described as infinite love. For example Christ lived in this infinite love when he walked upon this earth. Agape is the form of love that we always strive towards, but being as it is infinite we are never able to fully understand it. The second form of love Lewis describes is storge. Storge…

these symbols, the ancient Greeks came up with the four terms: Eros, storge, agape, and philia to describe the four types of love. Each of these types of love is demonstrated in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlett Letter” in different ways. Different characters in the Scarlett Letter share Eros, storge, agape, and philia love. Eros is a very affectionate and sensual kind of love. It usually triggers romantic feelings.…

An interesting concept in King’s article is that “agape” means “understanding” (King 17). He is stating that unconditional love is when one tries to understand others and as a result, fixes one’s own misconceptions or judgements. Courage to change themselves springs up from that love . Lee displays this…

talking about your favorite TV show. Even though we use the same word to describe the different levels of love the ancient Greeks was able distinguished four different words for love and each one has their own unique meaning: storge, philia, eros, and agape. The first type of love, storge, is the natural familial love. I believe we experience this type of love because it helps us connect with our immediate families and our immediate family are the people we meet first. When discussing the marks…

What is love? In today’s society, the meaning of the word love ranges in meaning from case to case and context to context. Sometimes maintaining the distinctions between the different uses of the word love is troublesome and souses some angst as to whether the word love has lost its meaning and value and has therefore turned into another catch all word similar to curse words today. Reflecting on love in our own lives and on the Song of Solomon can give us wisdom to affect current…

Situational ethics is the approach that an act can’t be classed as right or wrong/ good or evil without first taking into account the influencing factors of that situation. it is based around the Christian principle of agape; which is a selfless, sacrificial, unconditional love and that the demands of love can run contrary to the law (Wells and Quash, 2010). The founder of situational ethics was Joseph Fletcher, who introduced it in his book “Situation Ethics – The New Morality”. If a person…

What is Love? When searching for the definition of love in the dictionary one would expect to find one simple statement that clearly defines the word; however when you look up the word “love” in the dictionary you find multiple definitions. The truth is there is not a set definition for the word love because it has a different meaning to each individual. Love is a complicated phenomenon that affects everyone differently. In the short story “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” it is…

English word “LOVE” has various and broad meaning, but in the Ancient Greek had four words to describe the range of meaning that love conveys. Love and be broken down to four different words, which they are the Eros love, Phileo love, Storge love, and Agape love. A novel called the The History of Love by Nichole Krauss was connected…

that Harper Lee was referring to a different type of love. What Harper Lee refers to is not the traditional romantic love typically associated with novels, but more of a selfless, benevolent love. This unconditional, self-sacrificing love is known as agape. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird there are two love stories simultaneously occurring. One of the loving relationships that took place in the novel is between Atticus Finch and Tom Robinson. Atticus Finch is a…

As of today, I took the “Are you a good listener?” survey and the “My Style of Loving” inventory. I learned that one of the greatest keys of maintaining a good relationship is to be a great communicator. Not only does one have to speak; but also has to listen. As everyone owns their own style of communicating, we also have our own “love style” as well. According to Canadian writer, John Alan Lee, there are six basic love styles: Romantic, Altruistic, Manic, Companionate, Pragmatic, and…