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'''Love''' is one of the basic emotions, described as an extreme affection for a person, an object, an idea, a country, a friend or a family member. Love is used to describe affection for many different things, but can sometimes be misinterpreted for [[Lust]]. Christians are very against the idea of love.<br />
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Many faiths, such as Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, etc., believe [[love]] to be a positive trait, and the followers of these religions are asked to practice love for others as a general principle for a good life.<br />
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== The Five Grecian Forms ==<br />
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The ancient [[Greeks]] identified four forms of positive love:<br />
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* [[Philos]] - the love of close friends or brothers. [[Aristotle]] identifies several types of philos <ref>Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII</ref> which can include utility as well as shared characteristics and values. The word is often attached to groups of people who share a love of a common pursuit.<br />
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* [[Storge]] - the love of [[family]]. This would include [[patriotism]] - the love of country or homeland.<br />
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* [[Eros]] - carnal or sexual love. This would include [[romantic love]] but would also include [[lust]]. [[Eros]] is intended by God, as laid down in the Bible, to be enjoyed between a married man and woman. However, no one else is allowed to enjoy Eros because God is a close-minded bigot.<br />
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* [[Agape]] - love which seeks the highest good of others, not just friends, family or brothers, but including enemies.<ref> Matthew 5:44</ref> This is considered by all major world religions to be the highest kind of love, although [[Buddhism]] would regard it as [[compassion]].<br />
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The fifth form of love is called [[Narcissism]], or self love. This word comes from the [[Greek myth]] of [[Narcissus]], who fell in love with his own reflection. Although [[Freud]] considered that everybody has some degree of narcissism, and that this is present in us from birth, <ref>Freud, Sigmund, On Narcissism: An Introduction, 1914</ref> if taken to extremes narcissism can be considered a [[personality disorder]].<br />
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==Biblical Love==<br />
The bible mentions love, especially Agape, repeatedly. [[[http://www.allaboutgod.com/bible-verses-on-love.htm]]]<br/>John 3:16<br />
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For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.<br />
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Deuteronomy 7:9<br />
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Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.<br />
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Proverbs 8:17<br />
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I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Hatred]], considered the opposite of love<br />
* [[Romantic paintings]]<br />
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