Love is not just a shallow word, for the things that it is used for in the modern world. Shakespeare showed many different types of love in his many plays, in Romeo and Juliet he used the examples of the four Greek words for love. This showed that there is more to love than just ...
4. Greek Words for Love Greek famously has four main words for love: Έρωτας (Erotas) (Known as Έρως (Eros) in Ancient Greek) This refers only to romantic love or courtship. You’ll recognize it as the root of the English worderotic. ...
I know that it would make Tim most happy if some of these things could find their way to someone who not only looked at them for their own sake but also saw him in them. I also trust that if you see anything that is over or under priced – you will let me know. Also, several ...
And in languages so mongrel in breed as the English, there is a fatal power of equivocation put into men's hands, almost whether they will or no, in being able to use Greek or Latin words for an idea when they want it to be respectable, and Saxon or otherwise common forms when they...
…… For me there is something very candid, and even very great, in the words of a prince* who, about to yield to his enemies, told his weeping courtiers as they gathered round him: ‘Your tears make me feel that I am still your king.’ 牛津英译本pp.168.) 信一百二十七 Rica to ...
Self-love is linked with confidence and self-worth and is necessary for a sense of purpose and fitting in. Philautia can be unhealthy and linked to narcissistic behaviors and arrogance or can be healthy in the sense that we love ourselves before we learn how to love others. Greek philosophe...
T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" represents a conglomeration of many of the ridiculous traits of humankind—and the literati in particular; therefore, readers cannot take Prufrock seriously and are thus at liberty to laugh and enjoy th
The bride was gorgeous in her white wedding gown and the groom was very dashing in his black tuxedo.Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true. A few months later,the wife came to the husband with a proposal,"I read in a magazine,a while ago,about how we ca...
His words just leapt to the eye. Do you need me to explain it? 16 一帆风顺 His business has gone off without a hitch. 17 一刻千金 You have to make good use of time. After all, every time counts. 18 一事无成 I am happy to know that ...
The sonnet follows the traditional belief that man is a small cosmos echoing the big cosmos of the world.The different time periods of the man are identical to the four seasons:the speaker compares his lover to summer,implying the best time of her life.The metaphor of the sun goes through...