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The Four Loves

C.S. Lewis

Paperback | Pages: 170 pages

Rating: 4.15 | 41304 Users | 1652 Reviews

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Title	:	The Four Loves
Author	:	C.S. Lewis
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 170 pages
Published	:	June 5th 2002 by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (first published 1960)
Categories	:	Christian. Nonfiction. Religion. Theology

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The Four Loves summarizes four kinds of human love--affection, friendship, erotic love, and the love of God. Masterful without being magisterial, this book's wise, gentle, candid reflections on the virtues and dangers of love draw on sources from Jane Austen to St. Augustine. The chapter on charity (love of God) may be the best thing Lewis ever wrote about Christianity. Consider his reflection on Augustine's teaching that one must love only God, because only God is eternal, and all earthly love will someday pass away:

Who could conceivably begin to love God on such a prudential ground--because the security (so to speak) is better? Who could even include it among the grounds for loving? Would you choose a wife or a Friend--if it comes to that, would you choose a dog--in this spirit? One must be outside the world of love, of all loves, before one thus calculates.

His description of Christianity here is no less forceful and opinionated than in Mere Christianity or The Problem of Pain, but it is far less anxious about its reader's response--and therefore more persuasive than any of his apologetics. When he begins to describe the nature of faith, Lewis writes: "Take it as one man's reverie, almost one man's myth. If anything in it is useful to you, use it; if anything is not, never give it a second thought." --Michael Joseph Gross

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Original Title:	The Four Loves
ISBN:	0006280897 (ISBN13: 9780006280897)
Edition Language:	English

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ENGLISH: One of the best books about love I've ever read. This is the fifth time I've read it, just after "The Art of Loving" by Erich Fromm. My conclusion is that Lewis knows what he is speaking about far more than Fromm. Of the four loves Lewis talks about, Fromm only knows two: storge and eros (affection and erotic love). He completely ignores friendship (philia) and the love of God (charitas), which is not strange, because Fromm declares himself non-theist.The part that Lewis devotes to

I talk about how much I dislike Lewis and yet read two of his books in the space of a few days. Hypocritical much? If you enjoy Lewis' continual didacticism, this is the book for you. I found it hard to get through (though I persevered) due to sexist anachronisms (women, as homemakers, cannot understand a man's world or thoughts) and statements with which I vehemently disagree presented as facts (don't get me started). Admittedly, I don't read philosophy or dogma well, and this is both. However,

Overall a fascinating read, though a bit more "high-brow" than my usual fare. Having a background in the classics, as in OLD classics, would help to make more of it understandable. And sometimes I got a little lost in his logic. However, the points of view on the different types of love were very useful to me, in reflecting on my own life and relationships. If I were to sum up the effect on me in one word, it would be "clarifying." I am an incurable romantic; nevertheless through the years I

I hadn't read any CS Lewis in years, and I remember not being especially impressed the first time I read this book; it didn't seem to have a cohesive thesis. However, I ran across a used copy at a flea market in NYC (irresistible) and couldn't put it down on the airplane home. I can see why I thought Lewis was tangential, and I assume I overlooked the genius because at the time I was too naive of love (& it's pitfalls) to understand his meditations. No doubt the book will be even more

A book I think should be read more widely. Iappreciated Lewis's insights.2019 reading- Lewis felt that he didnt know a book until he read it at least 2-3 times. Im seeing how true this is. I barely remembered what I read from 5 years ago. This book is even more insightful this time around as Im a different person. His views on friendship were on par for me. I have many underlinings in my book. I plan to revisit this one againsooner than later.

4 1/2 stars. I bumped it up 1/2 star for the last chapter ..... awesome!

Ive decided to re-read some of the old C.S. Lewis titles that inhabited my parents bookcases. Most of them I read first when I was a teenager and glad to page through most anything near at hand. At some point in my early twenties I decided that Lewis was too something-or-other for me. I could never quite figure out what it was about him that irked. Was he too reasonable and intellectual? Not reasonable or intellectual enough? I dont know.Reading him again in my mid-forties is a different