today was a very exciting day in philosophy of love class. we talked about storge! (YES!) and i got to learn some fun dimensions of this specific and special type of love that i didn't know before...and the more that i learn about it the more i like it. but instead of just talking about it i'll tell you some of what i learned and why i like it so much more that i know more about it. :-)
the text of the day was the affection chapter of c.s. lewis' the four loves. he used the word affection for storge but i like the word storge so i'll use them interchangeably. first, we talked about words to associate with affection like fondness, tenderness, kindness, or compassion. so many good words! i like them all so much and they all make me so happy (by the end of the class i was grinning from ear to ear and i might have been bouncing up and down in my chair either from caffeine or excitement {lol, prof hamilton understands :-)}.
then we moved on to talking about how storge is the humblest of loves, that it doesn't demand things and that it has a quiet nature about it (almost like it enjoys serving and helping just because, and it doesn't actually want the credit for it). after this, we moved right along to discussing how storge is distinct from all of the other sorts of love and how it might lead to or overlap other types of love but it can also stand all by itself, it can be the medium on which other loves are drawn but it doesn't need to be drawn on to be beautiful.
finally (because it's only a fifty minute class) we spoke about the possibility of mistaking storge for other types of love and the dangers of such a mistake and we finished with talking about how affection can bring unity to those who might not be united in any other way (like brothers and sister in Christ who inhabit all parts of the globe!).
that is the update for now, i'll tell you more once i write the five page paper that i get to write on storge love :-)
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