Love is a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes that ranges from interpersonal affection ("I love my mother") to pleasure ("I loved that meal"). It can refer to an emotion of a strong attraction and personal attachment. Love can also be a virtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection—"the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another". It may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans, one's self or animals. Ancient Greek philosophers identified four forms of love: kinship or familiarity (in Greek, storge ), friendship ( philia ), romantic desire ( eros ), and self-emptying or divine love ( agape ). Modern authors have distinguished further varieties of love: limerence, amour de soi, and courtly love. Non-Western traditions have also distinguished variants or symbioses of these states. Love has additional religious or spiritual meaning—notably in Abrahamic religions. Thi...
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