Eros (concept)

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Eros (, US: ; from Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs) 'love, desire') is an Ancient Greek word which referred to being in love. The term has been used in the philosophy of love to mean a Western tradition stemming from ancient Greek philosophy and literature, (e.g. ideas found in Plato's Symposium, or the poetry of Sappho), as well as modern psychology, where the term is related to romantic or passionate love. "Eros" is also the name of the Greek god of love, passion, and erotic desire, from which the term erotic is derived. The British philosopher C. S. Lewis featured eros (to mean "being in love") in his book The Four Loves as a major type of love, alongside affection (storge), friendship (philia), and charity. The term was later borrowed by the Canadian sociologist John Alan Lee for his eros love style (a type of love story). In psychoanalytic theory, eros is used in a more general way to mean a "life instinct", with evolutionary goals like survival and reproduction; however, in Sigmund Freud...

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