| He is the unsurpassing revelation of God's love, a love in which eros and agape, far from being opposed, enlighten each other. |
| Yet eros and agape-ascending love and descending love-can never be completely separated. |
| Grant's book is a highly nuanced examination of much of the literature on altruism and agape, while also giving some attention to recent considerations of eros and philia. |
| After all, Socrates does not say that eros makes the creation or maintenance of Kallipolis impossible. |
| In the Encyclical Deus caritas est, I dwelt upon this theme of love, highlighting its two fundamental forms: agape and eros. |
| Lewis Ayres says that the distinction between eros and agape does not work for Augustine. |
