Lesson 4: THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF LOVE

Question 1

TRUE OR FALSE

Love plays an essential role in Augustinian ethics.

Answer 1

TRUE

Question 2

TRUE OR FALSE

“The therapeutic nature of grace heals the will through the Holy Spirit by illuminating the soul with the love of God”

Answer 2

TRUE

Question 3

The Four Fundamentals

Answer 3

“disorders” or “passions” of desire, joy,
fear, and grief

Question 4

Stoic ideal which says that a wise man should not experience the
four fundamentals

Answer 4

“apatheia”

Question 5

is closely associated with desire, passion,
emotions, and so forth.

Answer 5

Love

Question 6

TRUE OR FALSE

For Plato, both the good and the bad experience such emotions.

Answer 6

FALSE

For Augustine, both the good and the bad experience such emotions.

Question 7

TRUE OR FALSE

Intention does not matter.

Answer 7

What matters is the intention.

Question 8

The important factor in these emotions is ___________________________.

Answer 8

the character of a man’s will

Question 8

TRUE OR FALSE

“A person is what one loves”

Answer 8

TRUE

Question 9

Book by Augustine which described and elaborated that man is basically guided by two types of love

Answer 9

“City of God”

Question 10

THE FUNDAMENTAL TYPES OF LOVE

Answer 10

1. Love of Self (amor Sui).
2. Love of God (amor Dei).

Question 11

Augustine traces the very origin of the two ______ to two
types of love:

Answer 11

“cities”

Question 12

was created by self-love reaching the point of
contempt for God;

Answer 12

earthly city

Question 13

by the love of God carried as far as contempt
of self.

Answer 13

heavenly city

Question 14

Augustine distinguishes kinds of love

Answer 14

1. licit/illicit human love
2. Divine love.

Question 15

TRUE OR FALSE

For Augustine, Christians have to love with the love given to them by the Holy Spirit.

Answer 15

TRUE

Question 16

Our love must be inspired by _________, and ought to mirror it.

Answer 16

divine love

Question 17

endows the human will with a new desire, a striving for divine truth, wisdom, and justice.

Answer 17

Love as a gift of God

Question 18

TRUE OR FALSE

love as the gift of God applies in the first place to God’s love for others.

Answer 18

FALSE

love as the gift of God applies in the first place to God’s love for us.

Question 19

is a life coupling two realities or trying to couple them:
the lover and the loved object

Answer 19

Love

Question 20

There are four objects of love

Answer 20

1. God (Love of God)
2. Our ourselves (Self-love)
3. Our neighbors (Love of Neighbors)
4. Our body (Love of the body)

Question 21

Love unites us with God as our eternal, everlasting good.

Answer 21

LOVE OF GOD

Question 22

Only God as summum bonum can guarantee true happiness our love will become perfect when we have attained God as our supreme good

Answer 22

LOVE OF GOD

Question 23

God alone may be enjoyed

Answer 23

frui

Question 24

all other created realities have to be referred to the love of God

Answer 24

uti

Question 25

Love proceeds from the status of the human being as a creature.

Answer 25

Self-love

Question 26

TRUE OR FALSE Our insufficiency makes us seek the source of being, expressing our dependence rather than our self-sufficiency.

Answer 26

TRUE

Question 27

is good when it is not contrary to the love of God.

Answer 27

Self-love

Question 28

is a duty that we owe to ourselves.

Answer 28

Doing good

Question 29

There are (3) three strong motives for the love of all human beings:

Answer 29

a. they share in the same human nature with us b. it is God’s commandment to do so c. God’s presence is in them.

Question 30

God’s self-revelation as love becomes for us an appeal, a demand, and a commandment to love our neighbors as God loves them.

Answer 30

LOVE OF NEIGHBOR

Question 31

is every human being, whether that person is a Christian or non-Christian, a righteous or a sinner.

Answer 31

The neighbor

Question 32

For _____________, it is impossible to love God without loving our neighbors.

Answer 32

Augustine

Question 33

is a unit of mind and body.

Answer 33

human self

Question 34

TRUE OR FALSE Care for the body is based on unnatural love for it

Answer 34

FALSE Care for the body is based on natural love for it

Question 35

TRUE OR FALSE Another eschatological reason for loving our bodies consists in belief in the resurrection of the body.

Answer 35

TRUE

Question 36

Consequently, we have to affirm two things regarding the resurrection of the body:

Answer 36

I. it is the same body that will be resurrected II. it is not exactly the same body because it will be freed from misery.

Question 37

Augustine’s famous words, _________________ (Conf. 13.10), help one understand the crucial role of love in a man’s life.

Answer 37

“my weight is my love”

Question 38

There has to be a certain “order of love” (__________) that is order as to the objects of one’s love

Answer 38

ordo amoris

Question 39

used to emphasize the movement included in loving

Answer 39

Physical symbols

Question 40

feet

Answer 40

(pedes)

Question 41

weight

Answer 41

(pondus)

Question 42

wings

Answer 42

(alae)

Question 43

is an essential dimension of Christian action

Answer 43

Love of God and neighbor

Question 43

TRUE OR FALSE Jesus reveals to us that the greatest commandment in the law is the law of love to love God and others

Answer 43

TRUE

Question 44

is talking about a love that is based in God’s Eternal Law

Answer 44

God

Question 45

We can love others through concrete charitable acts:

Answer 45

corporal and spiritual works of mercy

Question 46

DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOVE

Answer 46

* Eros (sexual passion) * Philia (deep friendship) * Ludus (playful love) * Agape (love for everyone) * Pragma (longstanding love) * Philautia (love of the self) * Storge (family love) * Mania (obsessive love)

Question 47

is the word for romantic, passionate love, suitably named after the Greek god of love and desire, _______ (the equivalent of Cupid in Roman mythology)

Answer 47

Eros (sexual passion)

Question 48

represents love between friends, which can often be just as important as romantic love.

Answer 48

Philia (deep friendship)

Question 49

can mean love between equals, love connected with the mind, and love between people who have shared hard times

Answer 49

Philia (deep friendship)

Question 50

is a playful and affectionate type of love.

Answer 50

Ludus (playful love)

Question 51

This might mean the love and excitement you feel when you have a crush on someone or when you're first getting to know them.

Answer 51

Ludus (playful love)

Question 52

Ludus (playful love)

Answer 52

agape

Question 53

The concepts of charity and sacrifice within _________ can be thought of as the highest form of love particularly in Christianity.

Answer 53

agape

Question 54

means long-lasting love. It's a love that has endured and matured over time, and has meaning.

Answer 54

Pragma (longstanding love)

Question 55

This kind of love often involves compromises from both people in the relationship, as well as patience and tolerance and the focus is more on staying in love, rather than just falling in love

Answer 55

Pragma (longstanding love)

Question 56

refers to self love or self compassion, and the Greeks thought that loving yourself meant you had a wider capacity to love others something we could all still learn from today when it comes to self-care.

Answer 56

Philautia (love of the self)

Question 57

refers to love between family members, like the love found between parents and children, between siblings, or between old friends that feel like family.

Answer 57

Storge (family love)

Question 58

It builds a feeling of safety, security and support for one another, as well as the joy that comes from having shared memories

Answer 58

Storge (family love)

Question 59

can be a jealous and obsessive kind of love. It often involves feelings of codependency, or the feeling that another person will heal and complete you

Answer 59

Mania (obsessive love)