1. But what does the idea of philia refer to?

2. The idea of philia therefore was being applied by then, and it continued as an important element in Christian ideas about the nature of love, religious love.

3. But my point here is that then philia gave rise to agape in Christian philosophy, and in this concept, erotic love is repressed and what it symbolizes is the union of the souls.

4. So first of all, Aristotle derived the term philia from Plato's eros, and he redefined love as something that is more dependent on reason than on passion.

5. Yes, exactly, right, as in philia trupic, friendly sort of relationship, not necessarily a passionate one at all.

6. Philia, that is the second ingredient of the Catholic synthesis in the middle ages.

7. It is affection loyalty and friendship that make up a regime. This sort of thing he says this political partnership is the work of affection philia is his word is the work of affection.

8. It's almost a constitutional view about the nature of love. And in fact, Aristotle did write constitutions for a large number of city states throughout the Greek empire. That's philia.

9. To be more precise, the Symposium is an examination of eros; but this means sexual love and desire as distinct from love generally, which is philia.