What are the types of love?

 The definition of love may differ from one person to another, and also differs according to social norms and geographical area. Love has different views on the expression and purpose of this love. There is one thing in psychology and another in poetry and literature, and philosophers have their own points of view on this concept.

Through this article, we will try to get to know love closely and identify the types.

What is love?

We can define love from a physical perspective as the feeling of affection and attraction towards a certain person, where you get a feeling that is different from your feeling towards others. Love has a positive impact on our lives, so we strive for it because life will be monotonous without us loving and others loving us.

Love may be a somewhat controversial topic and it occupies scientists trying to find explanations for people’s behaviors and actions towards those they love. This means that the concept of love is very broad and is always the subject of studies and surveys.

Types of love

• Admiration

At the beginning of every relationship, this admiration occurs between two people who admire each other, which is what constitutes the beginning of the relationship. It is possible for the two parties to continue without complete knowledge between them, but they enter the first type of love, which is admiration.

• Attraction

At this stage, we move to the second stage, which is attraction between the two parties. After admiration and the continuation of the relationship for a certain period of time, attraction begins, which is the beginning of true love, but they are still both friends until they begin to understand each other and reach common points between them.

• Empty love

It is a love that is without emotion or feelings and turns into routine or commitments between the two parties without there being a real and effective attraction.

• Exhausting Love

In this type of love, intimacy and strong emotion are secondary. Both parties often have a high degree of responsibility and appreciation for the other party's circumstances. You find them sharing daily tasks and hardships. They bear the same fate.

• Romantic love

There is a very strong emotion between the two partners that reaches the point of madness and great love. This relationship is characterized by a lot of romance, as it is the basis and the most important, but it seems that they will not be qualified to form a family because they are far from bearing responsibility.

• Love in harmony

Studies indicate that this type of relationship comes after years of love and a connected relationship, where the relationship is stronger in this aspect, but it is a bit dry in terms of intimacy.

• Complete Love

This type of love combines passion, strong emotion and commitment. It is the strongest type of love ever, and it is rare because it requires two people with a high degree of self-control in the first place.

The concept of love in philosophy

First, we must know that love and philosophy may not meet, because love focuses on emotions and feelings. It lives in songs, poems, and fantasy stories, while philosophy focuses on the mind and tries to take things in a rational, abstract way, far from emotions. That is, there are no common links between them.

We will partially discuss some philosophers of love as a general concept and not exclusively between the sexes, because the active philosophers of love as fundamental to everything in the world.