Four Types Of Love Essay

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LOVE: Love can be defined as a sincere intense tender affection for another person. It is an expression of adoration and trust, which serves as a double-edge knife; it can be a person’s strength or weakness. Despite being a basic human emotion, there is no actual way to describe love, which applies to all people. This is said because love is expressed in several different ways, and can take on numerous forms; an individual cannot decide when, how, and where love appears, as love is unpredictable. In saying that, love is generally defined as a romantic affection for another individual.
Love is the core message of most religions. The Christian bible tells us to learn to love all individuals, regardless of whether they are our enemy or friend; learning to love everyone regardless of who they are, will reap great awards. It is through loving others without desiring anything in return, that we realise it is through love that our sins may be forgiven. Specifically, in the bible, there are four categories of love. In Greek, these forms of love are Eros, Storge, Philia (Phileo), and Agape.
Agape love is the greatest of all four types of love in the Bible. Agape love refers to God’s unmeasurable, sacrificial, unconditional love for humanity. Agape love is God’s ongoing concern for the lost and fallen; God gives this love to those …show more content…

Romantic infatuation is self-centred, and physically demanding. Infatuation demands kisses, touches, and sexual intercourse. Infatuation changes the perspective of individuals; it makes you look and act in certain ways you believe the person you’re infatuated with wants you to. Additionally, infatuation makes you concerned about having intercourse and experiencing pleasure, and makes you unconcerned with the feelings of others. Infatuation is usually symbolised by jealousy, and possessive, rather than happiness, and

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