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So, I am confused with the こそあど adverbs. I saw そういう in a song used like this.
博愛とか慈愛とかそういうの大切に扱ってよ。I am confused about the sentence 博愛とか慈愛とかそういうの. Does it
literally mean "the thing that is felt (physical) or thought about called
philanthropy and affection in a representation of far away from the speaker"?
What is the proper way think of the adverbial こそあど? Only the adverbial form is
confusing.
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conjugations adjectives adverbs kosoado
そう、こう、ああ、どう confusion
The literal translation should not be that long. This simply means:

> 博愛とか慈愛とかそういうの  
>  benevolence, philanthropy and such

そういうの means "things like this/that/these", "something like this/these",
"things along those lines", "such things", etc. You can remember this as a set
phrase.

Usually, そういうX simply translates to "X like this/that" or "such (a) X":

  * そういう人  
a person like that/this; such a person

If you want a word-by-word breakdown, そういうの literally means "things which
[one] calls in such a way":

  * そう: (adverb) in such a way
  * いう: (verb) to call
  * の: (noun) thing

それ/そう can refer to something just mentioned, just like English "it" can refer
to anything regardless of its distance. 博愛/慈愛 is not even a tangible object,
so you don't have to worry about how far it is.
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