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1 Definitions
2 Terminology
3 Etymology
4 types of love
4.1 Love interpersonal
5 See also
Definition
Love is the meaning of words that contain adequate sense of the complex. Can experience all creatures. The use of the word love is also affected during development. Words change meaning according sentiasa responses, understanding and use in the state, the position and the generation of different communities. The nature of love in the sense of the 21st century may be different than centuries ago. Expression of love may be used to vent feelings as follows:
Feelings towards the family
Feelings of friends, or philia
Romantic feelings or also called romance
The feeling that only a kemahuan, sensual desire or love eros
Also called a fellow feeling or compassion or agape
Feelings about or to himself, called narcissism
Feelings towards a particular concept
Feelings against the country or patriotism
Feelings against the nation or nationalism
Terminology
The use of the term love in Indonesian and Malaysian societies more influenced word love in English. Love is used in all the practice and meaning to eros, philia, agape, and storge. However, the words are more appropriate still be found in the language serantau and described as follows:
Love is more inclined to the romantic, romance and lust, eros
Unfortunately that is more inclined to friends and family, philia
A love that is more inclined to family and God, agape
The spirit of the homeland is more likely to patriotism, nationalism and narcissism, storge
Etymology
Some languages, including Indonesian or Malay language when compared with some cutting-edge in Europe, looks a lot more vocabulary in expressing this concept. Including also the ancient Greek language, which distinguishes between three or more concepts: eros, philia, and agape.
Love is a feeling of sympathy that involves deep emotion. According to Erich Fromm, there are four requirements to realize the love, namely:
Feeling
Introduction
Responsibility
Attention
Mutual respect
Erich Fromm in his best-selling book (the art of loving) states that the four symptoms: Care, Responsibility, Respect, Knowledge (CRRK), came all in a balanced way in the person who loves. Nonsense if someone said to love children but never care for and no responsibility on the child. While the responsibility and care without real respect & no curiosity to know more will plunge parents, teachers, clergy, etc. in an authoritarian attitude.
The types of love
Like many types of lovers, there are many kinds of love. Love is all over all of human culture. Because of this cultural difference, then the definition of love is difficult to determine. See the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
Expressions of love may include the love of 'soul' or mind, love of law and organizations, agencies love, love nature, love food, love money, love learning, love power, love, fame, etc.. Love is more directed to an abstract concept, easier experienced than explained.
Love that is already there need to be maintained in order to maintain its beauty
Interpersonal love
Interpersonal love refers to love between human beings. This form is more than just a sense of joy to others. Love may include interpersonal relationships lover, parent-child relationship, and also a very close friendship.
Some elements are often present in interpersonal love:
Affection: respect for others.
Altruism: a non-selfish attention to others (which is very rare we encounter today).
Reciprocation: mutual love (not benefit from each others).
Commitment: a desire to perpetuate the love, the strong determination in a relationship.
Emotional intimacy: sharing emotions and feeling.
Kinship: family bonds.
Passion: Passion and or sexual appetite that tends to the passionate.
Physical intimacy: sharing of life close to each other physically, including sexual relations.
Personal interests: love that expects personal rewards, and there tend to be selfish desire to take advantage of the couple.
Service: desire to help and or service.
Homosexuals: Love and sexual desire in people or the same sex, especially for men. For women commonly called Lesbians (lesbian).
Sexual energy can be the most important element in determining the form of the relationship. But the sexual attraction often cause a new bond, sexual desire is considered not good or it is inappropriate in some bond of love. In many religions and systems of ethics it is considered wrong to have sexual desires to the immediate family, child, or outside of a committed relationship. But a lot of ways to express affection without sex. Affection, emotional intimacy and hobbies are very common in friends and relatives in all humans.
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