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Article What the ancient Greeks figured out about love.
They didn't have one word for love. They had four. Knowing which one you mean — eros, philia, storge, or agape — explains most arguments about whether something 'counts' as love.
Q&AWhat did the philosophers say love is?
Plato argued love is the pursuit of the beautiful and good. Buddhist tradition centers metta, loving-kindness extended to all beings. Erich Fromm insisted love is a skill that has to be practiced over a lifetime.