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Affection, attraction, infatuation, or fondness is a "disposition or rare state of mind or body" that is often associated with a feeling or type of love. It has given rise to a number of branches of philosophy and psychology concerning emotion, disease, influence, and state of being. "Affection" is popularly used to denote a feeling or type of love, amounting to more than goodwill or friendship. Writers on ethics generally use the word to refer to distinct states of feeling, both lasting and spasmodic. Some contrast it with passion as being free from the distinctively sensual element.
A simple expression of affection -through word or deed – can have a wide variety of emotional effects that range from joy to discomfort to outright fear. In fact, affection also has distinct physical effects – both for the receiver and the giver.
More specifically, the word has been restricted to emotional states, the object of which is a living thing such as a human or animal. Affection is compared with passion, from the Greek "pathos". As such it appears in the writings of French philosopher René Descartes, Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza, and most of the writings of early British ethicists. However, on various grounds (e.g., that it does not involve anxiety or excitement and that it is comparatively inert and compatible with the entire absence of the sensuous element), it is generally and usefully distinguished from passion. In this narrower sense the word has played a great part in ethical systems, which have spoken of the social or parental affections as in some sense a part of moral obligation. For a consideration of these and similar problems, which depend ultimately on the degree in which the affections are regarded as voluntary, see H. Sidgwick, Methods of Ethics pp. 345–349.
Boxed up your emotions,
Taped 'em up real good.
Tucked 'em up in some closet space,
Where I kinda figured you would.
Stole the key to your closet,
Intent on finding you out.
Opened up your box,
And this is what it was all about.
Seems that I don't love you,
Like I used to do.
But touchin' and lovin' and kissin' and huggin',
Ain't something we can't renew.
'cause baby affection is a touchy subject.
(repeat)
So my moves were premeditated,
I'd start with a kiss on the cheek.
And if that went well I'd give you a hug that you'd feel all week.
Sneak up behind you quietly to get you all shook up.
And I'd open my bottle of love and pour you more than just one cup!
And then if I don't love you,
Like I used to do.
But touchin' and lovin' and kissin' and huggin',
Ain't something we can't renew.
'cause baby affection is a touchy subject.