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The Four Loves
by C.S. Lewis
by C.S. Lewis
This is not the exact same material as his book that bears the same title. Rather it is from a series of radio broadcasts prior to the publication of the book.
That said, I am enjoying hearing Lewis's own voice. I keep thinking of J.R.R. Tolkien's supposed basing of the Ents and their way of talking on his friend C.S. Lewis ... and it kind of works.
Also the material is great and is a wonderful precis (probably) of the book which I know contains more material. And which I will be reading in the future. This is great stuff, especially the section about friendship.
That said, I am enjoying hearing Lewis's own voice. I keep thinking of J.R.R. Tolkien's supposed basing of the Ents and their way of talking on his friend C.S. Lewis ... and it kind of works.
Also the material is great and is a wonderful precis (probably) of the book which I know contains more material. And which I will be reading in the future. This is great stuff, especially the section about friendship.
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Quotes Julie Liked
“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
Reading Progress
| 11/19/2014 | marked as: | currently-reading | ||
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50.0% | "Philia ... friendhip. LOVED this section." | |
| 11/26/2014 | marked as: | read | ||
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Nov 26, 2014 04:54AM
I'm the librarian for two C.S. Lewis classes next semester and I've never read this one!
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Just in the nick of time! :-)This one seems very timely for our society to me. In fact in telling my husband about it he began saying that someone needed to turn it into a talk they could give at parishes around town.
Here's a favorite quote from it, which I just heard to my delight in Lewis's own voice:
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.”
