Associations to the word «Philia»

Wiktionary

PHILIA, noun. Friendship (translating Greek φιλία in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics)
PHILIA, noun. Liking
PHILIA, noun. (countable) a psychological disorder characterized by an irrational favorable disposition towards something

Dictionary definition

PHILIA, noun. A positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn