In popular usage (Affection) it indicates a feeling or a type of interpersonal relationship that has a greater value than sympathy or friendship. For ethics scholars, the term is used to indicate a feeling that is both lasting and intense; some contrast it with passion as it is free from sensual elements. Specifically, the word is considered in relation to emotional relationships between people. In antiquity it is given by the Greek word pathos, and as such appears in the writings of the French