7 types of love

The Greeks had it figured out over 3,000 years ago by listing 7 different types of love. Get ready as we learn the various ways we express love for each other!

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Love is the most powerful emotion a human being can experience. The strange think is, that almost nobody knows what love is. Why is it so difficult to find love? That is easy to understand, if you know that the word "love" is not the same as one's feeling of love.

Almost all of us are looking for love in life. But very few of us realize that there are more types of love than just the romantic one that we all know about. Because our culture is so immersed in romantic love, we have managed to neglect other types of love which are, in some cases, more stable. #ErosLove #RomanticLove #PhiliaLove #AffectionateLove #FamilialLove #AgapeLove #SelflessLove #LudusLove #PlayfulLove #Pragmalove #EnduringLove #Philautialove #SelfLove #Manialove #ObsessiveLove

What is love? Philosophers and scientists have been struggling to answer this question for many years. In the 1980s, American psychologist Robert Sternberg developed a 3-component theory of love which includes emotional intimacy, passion, and commitment. According to him, it’s these 3 points that constitute the beautiful feeling that thousands of songs and books are written about. Later, thanks to his theory, Sternberg singled out 7 types of love and we’re going to tell you about them in…

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