In Greek there are at least a dozen different terms for love. Traditionally, philosophers have distinguished a hierarchy of types of love, ranging from those that originate in pathos, a passion-based love (this root even reaches to pathology, which can enslave us), all the way to agape, an unconditional love that asks nothing in return.
Agape is the fullfilment of the journey towards love.
Love is felt by the individual, it exists only within the individual even when it is evoked by something external. When shared it may (or may not) evoke a similar feeling in the other, which may enhance the experience of the giver. But all of this shows that the uncondtional love of agape that is given freely is the true fulfillment of love, the fulfillment of a human life.
