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'''Agape''' is one of the three classical "types" of '''love'''; the term is used to refer to the paternal love of [[God]] for man, and of man for God, and extends to the brotherly love a man is supposed to feel for all humanity.  (The [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] philosophers, it must be noted, rarely took part in [[crown tournament]]s or open [[melee]]s)  Inherent in the concept are two apparently dissonant aspects -- the blind adoration appropriate to man perceiving God (which possibly exceeds the ''eros'' type of love), and the rational appreciation of God's worthiness which would trigger the ''philia'' type.

In [[medieval]] times a further argument arose, over whether one should love a neighbour who ostensibly did not warrant such love.  The argument was finally resolved (insofar as philosophical arguments ever are) in favour of non-discrimination, as backed, in the [[Christian]] environment then current in Western [[Europe]], by the admonition to "turn the other cheek".

The other "types" of love are [[phila]] and [[eros]].
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