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Eros (/ˈɪərɒs/, US: /ˈɛrɒs, irɒs, -oʊs/; from Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs) 'love, desire') is a concept in ancient Greek philosophy referring to sensual or passionate love, from which the term erotic is derived. Eros has also been used in philosophy and psychology in a much wider sense, almost as an equivalent to "life energy".[1] Psychoanalysis uses the term to describe the universal desire that drives all innate needs (of the id), which according to Freud is identical to Plato's conception.[2][3] The Protestant philosopher C. S. Lewis posits it as one of the four ancient Greek words for love in Christianity, alongside storge, philia, and agape.[4]
- ^ Peterson, Eugene H. (2006). The Message Remix: The Bible in Contemporary Language. Colorado Springs, Colorado: NavPress. p. 948. ISBN 1600060021.
- ^ Freud, Sigmund. Massenpsychologie und Ich-Analyse. p. 99.
- ^ Sigmund Freud, The Ego and the Id, On Metapsychology (Penguin Freud Library 11) p. 369.
- ^ C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves.