Agape, Eros, Storge Philia

Ancient Greece are often ridiculed for the amount of drama they made during their time. Love was one particular theme that you will often find in Ancient Greek drama. These 4 types of love describes the types of loves that humans will experience.

Agape, the most unique one, are not present in humans as it is only found in a deity such as God himself. Agape is supposedly to be godly love, the love that mankind will never achieve.

Eros is what most people will call love. A love between two humans which involves deep romantic feelings and a sense of belonging. This is what we call romance.

Storge is what you probably will feel with your family. It’s a love that exists between your blood relations. A parents love toward their offspring or the opposite would be an example of storge.

The underrated Philia is often associated with brotherly love. The overrated Aristotle described at as a friendly love. In the Christian Bible, philia is a general theme of love there. Philia love covers love for humans, care, respect, and compassion. Here are our stories regarding each one. Enjoy

“The course of true love never did run smoothly”

William Shakespeare

Agape

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There is no love greater than agape love! It is that intimate love God offers to us even if we do not want it. Being raised in a Christian community, my path through this relationship with Him was never easy. I knew that His love is present and never-changing, and yet, I sometimes deny –no, complicated– this entire drama. Yes, maybe during the holiday seasons, I am all elated and ecstatic, and maybe it was during those moments that my love for Him seemed the most prevalent. I savoured the joy and fun I had and ‘shared’ it with my God –an utterly beautiful experience. However, when the mood died and reality striked, I started to drift away from this bizarre love. It’s during those dark moments, when I am financially broke for example, that I start to lose my grasp for Him. I panicked. I was depressed. I cried. I questioned myself. I questioned my existence. I just did not know what to do, and it was during those crucial moments that I decided to abandon my one and only hope. It seemed as if He was the one that abandoned me although in reality I was the one who did. I wanted to feel in control and so I took the steering wheel. It was a mistake. It led me deeper into an impasse. What were cuts were now nasty wounds. God, however, was full of surprises. He sent hope when there was none. I reminisced that one moment when 
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Eros

A story of love. The usual stuffs. Eros makes you feel stuff that you don’t want to feel. Once I liked a girl, she was fair in beauty and her kindness was endless. Her smile made my day and her sorrow ruins it. Like a race car, my heart beat like hell when she was close to me. She was someone close to me. She was so close, yet so far to grasp. I didn’t have the courage in me to confess. It was hard. Everyone who liked someone can relate, obviously, but this was a complicated case of love. A case of love where feelings of hatred and love mixed (You’ll see later). So after some time, I confessed on a day on a certain month. I gave her flowers, teddy bears, chocolates. I gave her literally everything that the guy in a K-Drama movie would. I followed the book and understood it. Then after some time, she replied with a letter, an electronic one. I was anxious. Then I opened the message. Those weren’t hurtful words for a normal human, but it was hurtful for someone who was in love. Tears came down flowing as if it was the fountain of Eden. I couldn’t understand what I did wrong. I followed the book. But now I understand, eros love wasn’t all about guidance. It was about what the heart wants. If the heart wants this, then the mind will execute it. Her heart clearly rejects mine. Such love, so rewarding yet so hurtful

Storge

My experience of this storge love occurs every single day of my life. I experience storge love when my parents drive me to school every day and provides me with food, water, and clothing for as long as I have lived. My parents have been a big influence in my life and taught me to be wiser and improve my life skills. They show their love by teaching me the right way to approach things in life as they themselves have encountered similar situations and made mistakes. They want us to avoid their mistakes and eventually be better than them and for that I love them so much for their care, compassion, and kindness.

Philia

Such example of philia love that I personally had is when I was still in kindergarten I had this friend that I really liked much, sadly he has already left school. But when I was small he was a really good friend of mine.  He always played in my house almost everyday. It felt very nice to be able to play with him. We were so close that we felt like brothers.