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Old Feb 21st, 2003, 01:39 PM       
I'll avoid all the bullshit that's been posted on this topic, just to say that

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The ancient Greeks had 17 different words for "Love". Each has a slightly different literal translation for the "type" of love they express.

I don't think they'd make up 17 words for something that doesn't exist.
I'm greek, and I know my ancient greek very well, and there are no 17 words for Love. There are words for feelings, and for shades of them, like lust, awe, respect, liking but to say that 3 words expressing 3 degrees of lust are just another 3 words for love is silly. Check your info before making such strong claims.

And to answer your initial question, yes, just because my ancestors had many different words for a thing, that doesn't absolutely mean that thing was as valid as you'd like to think. Linguistics are governed by the rule of necessity, not by that of validity. The greeks were in a position to socialise a lot on the agora while the slaves laboured for them, so it's only natural that language would have evolved so as to include slight deviations from strong social terms such as love, so as people would communicate their thoughts better. They also had so many words for different ideals, and shades of them, that doesn't make any of them inherently more or less right.

Your argument is unfounded.
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