The ancient Greeks used seven words to define the different states of love we can experience:
Storage: natural affection
Philia: friendship
Eros: sexual and erotica
Agape: unconditional, divine love
Ludus: flirting
Pragma: committed, married love
Philautia: self-love
Photo 4. A mother and a newborn baby are loving each other
Copyright ⓒ 2012 John Sangwon Lee, MD., FAAP
The word love is said a lot.
“I love you.” even to a just born newborn baby, who cannot express love in words, says Mom and Dad.
Even at this time, the word “love” is used.
Mom and Dad often say “I love you” to their young children who are growing up. Boys say a lot to boys and girls to girls, “I love you.”
A lot of people say, “God loves us and we love God.”
“I love you” is a really common word.
Even between the opposite sex, “I love you” a lot.
Children love their mom and dad, and their mom and dad love their children.
There are many different meanings of the word “love”.
Let’s find out more about what love means.
1. In The GookGer Da-Sachun( published in 1974 edited by Dr. Ju-dong Yang:
· it defines that Love is “a warm heart to care for and care for others”.
“A man and a woman draw affectionately with each other”, and “The heart of compassion and generosity”.
· It defined love as “God has pity on people and brings happiness”
2. In The Gook-ger Da-Sachun edited (Published in 1961) by Dr. Hee-seung Lee:
· “Working to cherish and care for, and such a heart”
· “A man and a woman draw affectionately with each other, and their lover”
· “A heart of compassion, kindness, and generosity”
· “Passion for the realization of compassion, salvation, and happiness, not carnal
· and sensual. That is, sharing with the love of God who sent Jesus, the only
· begotten Son, the love of the neighbors, and the love of those who long for God.”
· And defined love”
3. In Webster’s dictionary, the 2nd Edition, Love is defined as follows.
· “A strong affection for or attachment or devotion to a person or persons”
· “A strong liking for or interest in something; as her love of acting”
· “A strong, usually passionate, affection for a person of the opposite sex”
· “The person who is the object of such an affection; a sweetheart; a lover”
· “Sexual passion or its gratification.”
4. In the Bible in 1 Corinthians, 13:4~7, love is
Love is patient,
love is kind.
It does not envy,
it does not boast,
it is not proud.
It does not dishonor others,
it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts always hopes, always perseveres
5. In Agape Love
Spiritual love for emptying oneself and giving everything to the other without conditions (LeRoy Koopman)
The meaning of religious love, the love of God Love as revealed in the New Testament that God can attain mercy through the sacrifice of himself for sinners and humans, and can be concentrated with the love of Jesus
In Christian theology, God’ love for man, spontaneous of men and women (Webster’s Dictionary)
“Parents love their children.”
“The warm hearts of parents who care for and care for their children”
“Parents care for their children or such a heart”,
Or it can be defined as the love of parents for their children in terms of “the heart and work that parents sympathize with and treat their children with kindness and generosity”.
To love their children, parents must truly love their children unconditionally.
If parents truly love their children without the condition, no matter how much they love them, they do not become spoiled children, and love does not cause side effects.
Relationships between couples should also be based on true unconditional love.
It is difficult to give 100% true love without some conditions sometimes.
But you should try to love close to 100%.
When this kind of love is full, the life of the couple will be smooth, their children will be happy, and peace and stability will be eternal in the home.
Furthermore, the society and the country will be peaceful.
Children will be happy and the parents will be happy too.