Love

Love
Love is an emotion of strong affection and personal interest. In the context of the philosophy of love is a good trait to inherit all the kindness, feelings of compassion and affection. Another opinion, love is an action / active activity by man against another object, the form of self-sacrifice, empathy, empathy, compassion, help, obey the word, obey, obedient, and willing to perform any desired object.

Definition
Love is a word that contain adequate sense of the complicated meanings. Can experience all creatures. The use of the word love is also affected during development. Words change meaning according sentiasa responses, understanding and use within the state, the position and the generation of different communities. The nature of love in the sense of the 21st century may be different than centuries ago. Expression of love may be used to vent feelings as follows:
Feelings towards the family
Feelings of friends, or philia
Romantic feelings or so-called romance
Feeling that only a kemahuan, sensual desire or love eros
Fellow feeling or so-called love or agape
Feelings about or against itself, which is called narcissism
Feelings toward a particular concept
Feelings against the country or patriotism
Feelings against the nation or nationalism

Etymology
The use of the term love in society Indonesia and Malaysia are more influenced word love in English. Love is used in all the practice and meaning to eros, philia, agape, and storge. However, the words that are better suited still encountered in serantau and described as follows:

Love is more inclined to the romantic, romance and lust, eros
Unfortunately that is more inclined to friends and family, philia
A love that is more inclined to family and God, agape
Nusa spirit which is more inclined to patriotism, nationalism and narcissism, storge

The types of love

Like many types of lovers, there are many kinds of love. Love was in throughout all of human culture. Because of these cultural differences, then the definition of love is difficult to determine. See the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.

Expressions of love may include the love of 'soul' or mind, love of law and organizations, love, loss, love nature, love food, love money, love learning, love power, love, fame, etc.. Love is more directed to the abstract concept, easier experienced than explained.

Love that is already there needs to be maintained in order to maintain its beauty


Interpersonal love

Interpersonal love refers to love between human beings. This form is more than just a sense of joy to others. May include inter-personal love relationship lovers, parent-child relationship, and also a very close friendship.

Some elements are often present in interpersonal love:
Of love: respect for others.
Altruism: a non-selfish concern for others (which is very rare to find today).
Reciprocation: mutual love (not benefit from each others).
Commitment: a desire to perpetuate the love, the strong determination in a relationship.
Emotional intimacy: sharing emotions and feeling.
Kinship: family bonds.
Passion: Passion and or sexual appetite that tends to the passionate.
Physical intimacy: sharing of life close to each other physically, including sexual relations.
Personal interests: love that expects personal rewards, there tend to be selfish and a desire to take advantage of the couple.
Service: desire to help and or serve.
Homosexuals: Love and sexual desire in people or the same sex, especially for men. For women called Lesbian (lesbian).

Sexual energy can become the most important element in determining the form of the relationship. But sexual attraction often creates a new bond, sexual desire is considered bad or inappropriate in some bond of love. In many religions and systems of ethics it is considered wrong to have sexual desires to the immediate family, child, or outside of a committed relationship. But a lot of ways to express affection without sex. Affection, emotional intimacy and hobbies are very common in friends and relatives across humanity.