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Line 10: + + + + − + − − The Greeks believed that Eros was the innocently mischievous offspring of [[Aphrodite]] the goddess of beauty and venereal love who pierced mortals with love or hate. In this latter sense it is possible to be consumed with a love of hating someone or something for the love of hating for its own sake. The Roman equivalent of [[Roman mythology|Eros was Cupid]], the root of cupidity, the love of the good life, and in particular love of things one would like to have and enjoy for their own sake and sometimes to display proudly. − − Modern [[secular]] culture has debased the classic idea of erotic love and appreciation of pleasant things into the narrow sensual depravity of erotic bodily lust alone and the debased addictive cravings generated by ''porneia'' (pornographic pleasure) and "recreational" drugs; not only lust but other things—overeating, gambling, violence, speed, personal indulgence in any one of the [[Seven Deadly Sins]]. Willingness to sacrifice and die for such things is not agape-love but [[perversion]] of the good, a form of [[idolatry]].
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The [[Natural history|naturalist's]] love of [[nature]] and the [[aesthetics|esthetic]] beauty of the material creation for its own sake is a form of ''eros'' for what God has made. In some cases [[Animal|Wildlife]] [[Environmentalist|Preservationists]] and [[Conservation]]ists have shown themselves capable of ''[[agape]]'' for living things and the natural environment apart from any love for man or God.
The [[Natural history|naturalist's]] love of [[nature]] and the [[aesthetics|esthetic]] beauty of the material creation for its own sake is a form of ''eros'' for what God has made. In some cases [[Animal|Wildlife]] [[Environmentalist|Preservationists]] and [[Conservation]]ists have shown themselves capable of ''[[agape]]'' for living things and the natural environment apart from any love for man or God.
The Greeks believed that Eros was the innocently mischievous offspring of [[Aphrodite]] the goddess of beauty and venereal love who pierced mortals with love or hate. In this latter sense it is possible to be consumed with a love of hating someone or something for the love of hating for its own sake. The Roman equivalent of [[Roman mythology|Eros was Cupid]], the root of cupidity, the love of the good life, and in particular love of things one would like to have and enjoy for their own sake and sometimes to display proudly.
Modern [[secular]] culture has debased the classic idea of erotic love and appreciation of pleasant things into the narrow sensual depravity of erotic bodily lust alone and the debased addictive cravings generated by ''porneia'' (pornographic pleasure) and "recreational" drugs; not only lust but other things—overeating, gambling, violence, speed, personal indulgence in any one of the [[Seven Deadly Sins]]. Willingness to sacrifice and die for such things is not agape-love but [[perversion]] of the good, a form of [[idolatry]].
==External links==
==External links==
[https//en.bab.la/dictionary/English-greek/eros English-Greek dictionary - Eros (en.bab.la)]
[https://en.bab.la/dictionary/english-greek/eros English-Greek dictionary - Eros (en.bab.la)]
[http://forthright.net/2004/11/06/all_you_need_is_agapao_phileo/ All You Need Is...Agapeo, Phileo, Stergo, Eros...Love? (forthright.net)]
[http://forthright.net/2004/11/06/all_you_need_is_agapao_phileo/ All You Need Is...Agapeo, Phileo, Stergo, Eros...Love? (forthright.net)]