The displacement of philia from the center of life was not just a kind of theoretical issue. (firstthings.com)
The entire passage reads, «In spite of the many kinds of love, which in Greek are designated as philia (friendship), eros (aspiration toward value), and epithymia (desire), in addition to agape, which is the creation of the Spirit, there is one point of identity in all these qualities of love, which justifies the translation of them all by «love»; and that identity is the «urge toward the reunion of the separated,» which is the inner dynamics of life. (religion-online.org)
More and more, we treat intimacy as coterminous with sexuality, leaving no room for philia, or brotherly love. (firstthings.com)