false 30633 12 <I>The Four Loves</I> 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: <blockquote> 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. </blockquote> His description of Christianity here is no less forceful and opinionated than in <I>Mere Christianity</I> or <I>The Problem of Pain</I>, but it is far less <I>anxious</I> 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." <I>--Michael Joseph Gross</I> 1260054 1960 The Four Loves total:3123|5:1007|4:1221|3:753|2:121|1:21| 3123 12441 4857 209 5 2 false false Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Sep 09 15:16:12 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 15:18:22 -0700 2008
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The book is Lewis’ study of th...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 21:16:10 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 21:25:51 -0700 2009 "The natural loves are not self-sufficient. Something else, at first vaguely described as 'decency and common sense,' but later revealed as goodness, and finally as the whole Christian life in one particular relation, must come to the help of the mere feeling if the feeling is to be kept sweet....more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 16 04:52:42 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 04:57:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Apr 10 04:08:32 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 04 04:14:20 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 10 04:08:32 -0700 2009 3 Four Loves several years after my first reading I find a depth that I missed before. This last apologetic by Lewis is less polemic and more analytic.

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"Friendship in reality is a love, and even as great a love as Eros."


Discovering friends who share my truths has not been a daily occu...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 13 09:01:08 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 17:47:36 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 09:01:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 16:45:14 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 20:08:39 -0700 2009 I found his views on Friendship to be t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 10:00:38 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 13:04:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Mon Jan 12 18:08:39 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 18:12:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Aug 16 21:14:27 -0700 2009 Sat Dec 13 07:41:35 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 16 21:14:27 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 23:09:54 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 00:33:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 13:55:52 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 13:57:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 16:22:13 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 16:31:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu May 14 09:38:10 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 11 08:29:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=30633