One of the best feelings in the world, without question, is LOVE.
We use the word “love” in many different contexts- the love for our parents, best friend, romantic partner, grandparent, sibling, job, car, etc.
The first kind of love is Eros, named after the Greek God of fertility.
Eros is passion, lust and pleasure.
The ancient Greeks considered Eros to be dangerous and frightening as it involves a “loss of control” through the primal impulse to procreate. Eros is an intense form of love that arouses romantic and sexual feelings.
The second type of love is Philia, or friendship.
Plato felt that physical attraction was not a necessary part of love, hence the use of the word platonic to mean, “without physical attraction.”
The third is Agape, selfless universal love, such as the love for strangers, nature, or God.
This love is unconditional, bigger than ourselves, a boundless compassion and an infinite empathy that you extended to everyone, whether they are family members or distant strangers.
Storge is a natural form of affection experienced between family members.
This protective, kinship-based love is common between parents and their children, and children for their parents.
Storge can also describe a sense of patriotism toward a country or allegiance to the same team.
When love turns to obsession, it becomes mania.
Stalking behaviors, co-dependency, extreme jealousy, and violence are all symptoms of Mania.
The Ancient Greeks thought of ludus as a playful form of love.
It describes the situation of having a crush and acting on it, or the affection between young lovers.
Pragma is a love built on commitment, understanding and long-term best interests.
It is a love that has aged, matured and about making compromises to help the relationship work over time, also showing patience and tolerance.
The Greeks understood that in order to care for others, we must first learn to care for ourselves.
As Aristotle said “All friendly feelings for others are an extension of a man’s feelings for himself.”
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