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Valentines Day: Celebration of divinity love or commercialism?

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Valentine's Day 14 February. St Valentine's Day is an annual festival to celebrate romantic love, friendship and admiration. Is Valentine day a commercial event or a true expression of love to your partner? How do we describe love and what are other descriptions of this word?


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Valentine's Day 14 February. St Valentine's Day is an annual festival to celebrate romantic love, friendship and admiration. Is Valentine day a commercial event or a true expression of love to your partner? How do we describe love and what are other descriptions of this word?


Family affairs consultant and fatherhood advisor Mr Emil Shiba talks about Valentine day. He says that love have many categories.  According to the Greeks, other names describing love include these four major ones :

Philia, Eros, Frago and Agape.  He explains each type of these love words to it's philosophical and true meaning. Philia is brotherly love, Eros is romantic erotic passionate love, Frago is an enduring love and Agape which is an unconditional love. Finally he says that Valentine day celebration is the celebration of Agape love which is a divine love


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