This ebook was produced by marcia brooks, mark akrigg, stephen. Lewis s famous work on the nature of love divides love into four categories. When i first tried to write this book i thought that his maxim would provide. However, most people still use the word love in that context. Lewis here tackles the strongest objection to god there is.
Lewiss the problem of pain a summary logically faithful. May 20, 2014 a summary of cs lewiss classic, the four loves. I dont remember most of it, but the end of the poem talked about investing in family because out of everything we own, they are the only ones we can take to heaven with us. His novels generally have christian themes, and his best known work includes the the chronicles of narnia series including the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe and the space trilogy novels, a science fiction series. Notes below originally the four loves series was recorded by lewis in london in 1957, prepared as 10 talks to air on the protestant hour on american radio. Among these jews there suddenly turns up a man who goes about talking as if he was god. Im a big narnia fan, but id not read any of lewis nonfiction books before. In what is love, we made the distinction between divine or giftlove so called because it demands nothing in return and is closest to love himself and the natural or needloves so called because they are earthly human loves born of a need to be loved. Dec 02, 2012 i recently read a book called the 4 loves by c. I thought i should be able to say that human loves deserved to be called loves at all just in so far as they resembled that love which is god. May 11, 2018 that said, and given the approaching summer months when vacations might spur on more reading, here are 10 pointers that lewis provides in picking a book to read.
The four kinds of love greek agape, phileo, storge, eros, 3 are in the bible duration. Lewis 18981963 was a british novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, theologian, broadcaster, and lecturer. We must not begin with mysticism, with the creatures love for god, or with the wonderful foretastes of the fruition of god vouchsafed to some in their earthly life. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to. Lewis, the four loves a few years before my grandma passed away, she found a poem that spoke to her. The four loves was lewis look at some of the different loves described in greek thought. For valentines day today, here is an excerpt from the classic book. To date, the narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and have been. Lewis which explores the nature of love from a christian and philosophical perspective through thought experiments. Subtitled reflections on education with special reference to the teaching of english in the upper forms of schools, it uses that as a starting point for a defense of objective value and natural law as well as a warning of the consequences of doing away with or debunking those things. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. November 22nd, 1963 was an irish academic, novelist, and poet.
The chronicles of narnia book set the chronicles of narnia audio cd set the voyage of the dawn treader. Lewis was making about needlove, man approaches god most nearly when he is in one sense least like god. Jul 24, 2017 but we want a man hagridden by the future we want a whole race perpetually in pursuit of the rainbows end, never honest, nor kind, nor happy now. He states in the first chapter that if this was a world without good and evil, then how did we arrive at this problem of pain. Really nice book with a lot of detail and some examples about the four loves. He is a british writer and held academic positions in english literature at both oxford university magdalen college, 19251954 and cambridge university magdalene college, 19541963. S lewis posted on august 10, 2009 6 comments this is the first book i picked up and read from c. Lewis quotes on love and friendship friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. In the book the four loves, lewis will take the reader on a quest to discover and explore the various types of love felt, given, and received by humans. Lewis talks about loves in terms of affection, friendship, eros, and charity. Looking at all of lewis s work, the four loves illuminates in straightforward but flowing language, some basic distinctions between all the kinds of love we call love.
Charity, however, the giftlove of god, is divine in its source an. The frosting on the cake affection is the most humble of the loves. Lewis, the four loves everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive. The four loves come from the greek who use four words to describe what we use one for. He is best known for his fictional works, including the screwtape letters, the space trilogy, and the chronicles of narnia. The first three are loves which come naturally to the human race. Cs lewis clive staples lewis 1898 1963 is one of my favorite authors of all time. S lewis talk about the second of the four loves philia or friendship. Again, herein is love, not that we loved god but that he loved us i john 4. Masterful without being magisterial, this books wise, gentle, candid reflections on the virtues and dangers of love draw on sources from jane austen to st. When i first tried to write this book i thought that his maxim would provide me with a very plain highroad through the whole subject. Paperback with french flaps and deckled page edges. Lewis went into a bit more detail about the importance of the different loves. This time with a book beginning with the premise god is.
A repackaged edition of the revered authors classic work that examines the four types of human love. Lewis explores the four kinds of human love in one of his most. A study of the four loves divides very easily into a twopart discussion, or even a fourpart one if you wish to look at each love separately andor to incorporate questions raised by the introduction, and the chapter on sub human loves as well. This time with a book beginning with the premise god is love and analyzing the four loves man knows well, but often understands. First, there is love of home, of the place we grew up in or the places, perhaps many, which have been our homes. Perhaps we turn to pauls passage on selfless love, that it is kind and not. An attractive and collectible gift book, this volume is perfectly designed for those interested in, and intrigued by, daily meditation. Lewis addressed in his book, the four loves, was love of ones country and patriotism. Feb, 2014 based upon radio shows broadcast by lewis on the bbc, the four loves treated in his book are eros desire, storge maternal love, philia friendship, and agape divine love.
Nearly every page scintillates with observations which are illuminating, provocative and. The book was based on a set of radio talks from 1958. Oct 17, 2011 the everpopular and highly readable c. Cs lewiss the four lovesa humble summary logically faithful. Sep 23, 2014 love can be divided into four different distinct types. Sometimes it sounds funny and sometimes it sounds merely unpleasant. This time with a book beginning with the premise god is love and analyzing the four loves man knows well, but often understands little, affection, friendship, eros and charity, exploring along the way the threads of needlove and giftlove that run through all. Art lindsley he recognized different kinds of love in his book the four loves affection, friendship, romance, and charityagape. It collects material from across the breadth of lewiss writing talent, taking brief selections from many of his nonfiction works.
Heres a synopsis of lewiss thoughts, published in 1960 and based on a radio series he did with. Anyone looking for an insight into love should definitely pick up this book, you will learn a lot about yourself. Cs lewiss the four lovesa humble summary logically. The four loves summarizes four kinds of human loveaffection, friendship, erotic love, and the love of god. Lewis, 9780007461226, available at book depository with. Mere christianity by c s lewis complete audio book read by geoffrey howard duration. There is no way we could do justice to all the wideranging comments he made on the subjectso we will focus on a few observations on agape love. Jan 02, 2019 the problem of pain is a book on the philosophical problem of evil by c. I like the comparison he gives in this excerpt from the lilies that fester, an essay from the worlds last night.
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