ENGL 003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Courtly Love, Storge, Philia
Love encompasses a variety of different emotional and mental states, typically
strongly and positively experienced, ranging from the most sublime virtue or
good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection and to the simplest pleasure.[1]
[2] An example of this range of meanings is that the love of a mother differs
from the love of a spouse differs from the love of food. Most commonly, love
refers to a feeling of strong attraction and emotional attachment.[3] Love can
also be a virtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection "the �
unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another".[4] It may also
describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans, one's self
or animals.[5]
Ancient Greek philosophers identified four forms of love: essentially, familial
love (in Greek, storge), friendly love (philia), romantic love (eros), and
divine love (agape). Modern authors have distinguished further varieties of
love: infatuated love, self-love, and courtly love. Non-Western traditions have
also distinguished variants or symbioses of these states.[6][7] Love has
additional religious or spiritual meaning. This diversity of uses and meanings
combined with the complexity of the feelings involved makes love unusually
difficult to consistently define, compared to other emotional states.
find more resources at oneclass.com
find more resources at oneclass.com
