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Basic Aspects
Love
Love (scientific views)
Human bonding
Historically
Courtly love
Greek love
Religious love
Types of emotion
Erotic love
Platonic love
Familial love
Puppy love
Romantic love
See also
Unrequited love
Problem of love
Interpersonal relationship
Sexuality
Sexual intercourse
Valentine's Day
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Eroticism is an aesthetic focus on sexual desire, especially the feelings of anticipation of sexual activity. Love is any of a number of Emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong Affection. Love is any of a number of Emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong Affection. Overview Psychologists have created many descriptive theories of love in an effort to understand the full range of experiences and behaviors associated with love Human bonding refers to the development of a close Interpersonal relationship between family members or friends Courtly love was a Medieval European conception of ennobling love which found its genesis in the ducal and princely courts of Aquitaine, Provence Greek love is a relatively modern coinage (generally placed within quotation marks intended as a reference to Male bonding and intimate relations between males as practised Whether religious love can be expressed in similar terms to interpersonal love is a matter for philosophical debate Amor Platonicus The term amor platonicus was coined as early as the 15th century by the Florentine scholar Marsilio Ficino In Sociology, familial love is a type affinity or natural affection felt between members of a group bound by common ancestry or blood ties or through Friendship and Puppy love is an informal term for feelings of Love, particularly between young people during Adolescence, so-called for its resemblance to the adoring worshipful NOTICE TO WOULD-BE-ROMEOS*************** Unrequited love is love that is not openly reciprocated even though reciprocation is usually deeply desired Altruism is selfless concern for the welfare of others It is a traditional Virtue in many cultures and central to many religious traditions An interpersonal relationship is a relatively long-term association between two or more people Generally speaking human sexuality is how people experience and express themselves as sexual beings Sexual intercourse, in its biological sense is the act in which the male reproductive organ (in humans and other higher animals enters the female reproductive tract Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day is a Holiday celebrated on February 14 Aesthetics or esthetics ( also spelled æsthetics) is commonly known as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values sometimes called Libido in its common usage means Sexual desire however more technical definitions such as those found in the work of Carl Jung, are more general referring to libido It is not only the state of arousal and anticipation, but also the attempt through whatever means of representation to incite those feelings.

The word "eroticism" is derived from the name of the Greek god of love, Eros. It is conceived as sensual love or the human sex drive (libido). Libido in its common usage means Sexual desire however more technical definitions such as those found in the work of Carl Jung, are more general referring to libido Philosophers and theologians discern three kinds of love: eros, philia, and agape. Philia (φιλíα in Aristotle 's Nicomachean Ethics is usually translated as ' Friendship ' though in fact his use of the term is rather broader Agapē (ˈægəpiː ( Gk αγάπη) is one of several Greek words translated into English as love. Of the three, eros is considered the most egocentric, focusing on care for the self.

Ancient Greek philosophy’s overturning of mythology defines in many ways our understanding of the heightened aesthetics sense in eroticism and the question of sexuality. Aesthetics or esthetics ( also spelled æsthetics) is commonly known as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values sometimes called Eros was after all the primordial god of unhinged sexual desire in addition to heteroeroticism, which is the yearning of sexual desire from the opposite sex. In the Platonic ordered system of ideal forms, Eros corresponds to the subject's yearning for ideal beauty and finality. It is the harmonious unification not only between bodies, but between knowledge and pleasure. Eros takes an almost transcendent manifestation when the subject seeks to go beyond itself and form a communion with the objectival other. The French philosopher Georges Bataille believed eroticism was a movement towards the limits of our own subjectivity and humanity, a transgression that dissolves the rational world but is always transitory. Georges Bataille (ʒɔʀʒ baˈtaj ( September 10, 1897 &ndash July 8, 1962) was a French Writer.

Yet an objection to eros and erotic representation is that it fosters a subject/object relationship in which the object of desire is mere projection of the needs of desiring subject. Love as eros is considered more base than philia (friendship) or agape (self-sacrificing love). Philia (φιλíα in Aristotle 's Nicomachean Ethics is usually translated as ' Friendship ' though in fact his use of the term is rather broader Agapē (ˈægəpiː ( Gk αγάπη) is one of several Greek words translated into English as love. But erotic engagement paradoxically individuates and de-individuates the desirer.

Some believe defining eroticism may be difficult since perceptions of what is erotic fluctuate. For example, a voluptuous nude painting by Peter Paul Rubens could have been considered erotic or pornographic when it was created for a private patron in the 17th century. Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer Similarly in the United Kingdom and United States, D. H. Lawrence's sexually explicit novel Lady Chatterley's Lover was considered obscene and unfit for publication and circulation in many nations thirty years after it was completed in 1928, but may now be part of standard literary school texts in some areas. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United States of America —commonly referred to as the David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930 was an English writer of the 20th century whose prolific and diverse output included Novels short Lady Chatterley's Lover is a Novel by D H Lawrence written in 1928 Obscenity (in Latin obscenus, meaning "foul repulsive detestable" is a term that is most often used in a legal context to Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In a different context, a sculpture of a phallus in Africa may be considered a traditional symbol of potency though not overtly erotic. The word phallus can refer to an erect Penis, or to an object shaped like a penis

See also

• Erotica
• History of erotic depictions
• Eros
• Homoeroticism
• Human sexuality
• Paraphilia
• Love magic
• Romance
• Sexual fantasy
• History of erotic photography
• Erotic art
• Sexual arousal