E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet King, in a 1957 sermon, "The Power of Non-Violence," spoke, in the context of loving one's enemies, about the three Greek words for love: eros, or romantic love; philia, our love for our friends; and agape, "understanding, creative, redemptive good will for all men".
King, in a 1957 sermon, "The Power of Non-Violence," spoke, in the context of loving one's enemies, about the three Greek words for love: eros, or romantic love; philia, our love for our friends; and agape, "understanding, creative, redemptive good will for all men".
Martin Luther King, Jr., in his writings on non-violence, talked about the three words the Greeks had for love: eros, romantic love; philia, the love we have for our friends and those we are directly connected to (Bloomberg helping his aides marry, teenagers lifting each other out of the water); and agape, a love for people generally that is often called selfless but is truly self-aware.
It was those newcomers who turned the statue into the beacon of love it was never supposed to be and forever attached to it in spirit, if not actuality, a poem of philia at its most expansive.
Philosophers have traditionally distinguished three forms of love: eros, or passionate, sensual attraction to another person; philia, or affection for family, friends, clubs, teams, nations and humanity in general; and agape, which is love for God or the functional equivalent.
What's that about: phobia or philia?
Even the Office of Fair Trading has joined in, with a hefty report on July 15th.In this section Curbing the car Help wanted Rolling the Lords In Brief Resolving Labour's local difficulties Euro-philia The great pension debate Uncocked Moderates Robin Good Judgment day ReprintsThe government's review will not consider scrapping the basic state pension.
"They appear to have given in to the business and trade-union lobbies," says Mr Higman.In this section In Brief Resolving Labour's local difficulties Euro-philia The great pension debate Uncocked Moderates Robin Good Judgment day Curbing the car Help wanted Rolling the Lords ReprintsAlthough it is too early to write off the government's claims to greenery, the signs are not promising.
But the Tories, who hated both local government and Europe, had refused to sign.In this section In Brief Resolving Labour's local difficulties Euro-philia The great pension debate Uncocked Moderates Robin Good Judgment day Curbing the car Help wanted Rolling the Lords ReprintsHilary Armstrong, the local-government minister, is herself a symbol of change.
He had only to say "EMU" for Tory Eurosceptics to leap down his throat.In this section Moderates Robin Good Judgment day Curbing the car Help wanted Rolling the Lords In Brief Resolving Labour's local difficulties Euro-philia The great pension debate Uncocked ReprintsGordon Brown, the new chancellor, is not thus inhibited.
The vinyl-philia of the '90s and early aughts has been joined by a more recent revival of "cassette culture," recalling the '70s and '80s.
