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:::It doesn't. I wasn't sure I had a point, but now i have: The opposite of "love" is rather "hate" than "fear" (although Darth Vader might disagree whether that makes a difference), so, grammatically homophilia is not the opposite of homophobia.
:::It doesn't. I wasn't sure I had a point, but now i have: The opposite of "love" is rather "hate" than "fear" (although Darth Vader might disagree whether that makes a difference), so, grammatically homophilia is not the opposite of homophobia.
:::Latin is not the issue. "Homophila" is quite synonymous with "homosexuality", I have heard it before, but usually in comparision to other paraphilias (pedo-, necro-, copro- etc). So, the word "homophilia" should, imho, be used to emphasize homosexuality as a perversion, rather than as form of love. [[User:Eygar|Eygar]] 15:36, 1 November 2007 (EDT)
:::Latin is not the issue. "Homophila" is quite synonymous with "homosexuality", I have heard it before, but usually in comparision to other paraphilias (pedo-, necro-, copro- etc). So, the word "homophilia" should, imho, be used to emphasize homosexuality as a perversion, rather than as form of love. [[User:Eygar|Eygar]] 15:36, 1 November 2007 (EDT)
::::(a) it's not Latin, it's Greek. (b) in the Greek idiom, there is not a duality of polar opposites, it is a triality, philia, phobia, and phagia -- attraction, repulsion, and consumption. Here's another contrasting idiom, epipheral, ephemeral, and etherial -- what is comprehensible to the naked eye within the horizon, what is known of only momentary significance (which carries a rather sexist idea that it is 'feminine'), and what is known but not visible or something over the horizon. In a later sense and Latinized sense, etherial also becomes something "up in the air," for example, Christ will return in the ether.
:::::Soooo, you seem to be applying modern understanding and modern idioms to ancient inscriptions, a rather common occurance. [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 15:55, 2 November 2007 (EDT)
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