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    This is a loose use of the word love, and is wrongly used especially in English. Moving on, third, Lewis describes love as eros. Eros is a natural sexual desire, and is the form of love many times had between a husband and a wife. Similar to eros in a sense is philia. Like eros, philia is a form of love humans have for one another, but is limited to friendship. Storge, eros, and philia, the three natural loves, are all great and filled with meaning, but they do not compare to the power of agape…

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    The four loves by C.S. Lewis is a Christian book which is one of the famous books written by Lewis among his last books. Lewis looks at the topic of love and describes it using the four Greek words; Affection-storge, Friendship-philia, Romantic Love-eros and Charity-agape. The main thesis of the book is that love ceases to become love when it becomes a god and love is due to this can becomes a demon. Love is a lovely gift from God but sometimes people are willing to serve love as the whole…

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    that’s hidden under water. In the unconscious are the Ego, Superego, and ID, and also Eros and Thanatos. (Kheper.net***) Freud categorized our instincts into two sections: Thantos and Eros. Thantos is the angry part of our mind. It holds our anger and aggression and our willingness to do bad things. On the opposite side, you have Eros which holds our desires, particularly our more sexual instincts. According to Freud, Eros is the center of the sexual desire, but Thantos would just like to get…

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    Firstly, he states that from childhood, children are taught to obey their parents. This is what becomes the foundation of ones morals which is reflected by the superego. He continues to write that the drive of Eros alone cannot guarantee peace among civilisations. Thus civilisations utalize rule and regulations to prevent conflict. These rules and regulations, ultimately also contribute to ones morals (superego). In the final chapter on Civilisation and Its…

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    Ender's Game Symbolism

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    everyone that Ender had trusted in Battle School(420).” This was a convincing tactic that Mazer used because without it, Ender could never have actually killed the Buggers. Ender’s training on Eros can be said as the most essential part to defeating the Buggers once and for all. The cruel training on Eros illustrates the importance of Ender's ability to fight at the risk of everyone he's ever loved…

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    Venus De Miotic Analysis

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    Period continued to undergo further change. Reserved nudity seen in the Aphrodite of Knidos covering her genitals, evolved into eroticism, as seen in the provocative Venus De Milo, as well as the Barberini Faun exposing his genitals, and Aphrodite, Eros, and Pan representing sexual aggressiveness. Weariness seen in Herakles evolved into defeat seen in the statues of the Seated Boxer. Vulnerability and naturalism seen in the statue of Hermes…

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    Oscar Wilde's View Of Love

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    types of love and their representations in Oscar Wilde’s stories and in the book 1984 by George Orwell. To comprehend love we should begin with understanding the three different conceptions of love that has been developed in philosophy. The first is Eros, which refers to the part of…

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    Electric Love Analysis

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    Electric Love, an upbeat pop song sung by BØRNS displays two different types of relationships: infatuation and eros. When describing his infatuation for a girl, Garrett Borns states that “I can’t let you go now that I got it”. In this, Borns exhibits his manifested attraction. This attraction is surface level and solely based on her appearance. Dependency is also invoked throughout Borns’ confessions. Through these lyrics it is revealed that his infatuation leads him to willingly to do anything…

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    identity involved three sections: the "id" the "still, small voice" and the 'superego'. The "id" contains two rule motivations: 'Eros', which is the life instinct, which incorporates self-insurance and sex which is fuelled by the "moxy" essentialness power. "Thanatos" is the death instinct, whose energies, in light of the way that they are less viable than those of "Eros" are redirected a long way from ourselves and into ill will towards others. The "id" and the "superego" are constantly in go…

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    The portrait was from the collection of Gemaldegalerie “The Divine Eros Defeats the Earthly Eros” from 1602. The artist used painting techniques, that enhanced specific details that brings attention to the eyes. Making my way to a gallery called “ Zwinger Old Masters”, I was inquisitive about the crown moulding that was adjacent to…

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