The Four Loves
C.S. Lewis's famous inspirational work on the nature of love. C.S. Lewis's famous work on the nature of love divides love into four categories: Affection, Friendship, Eros and Charity. The first three are loves which come naturally to the human race. Charity, however, the Gift-love of God, is...
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C.S. Lewis's famous inspirational work on the nature of love. C.S. Lewis's famous work on the nature of love divides love into four categories: Affection, Friendship, Eros and Charity. The first three are loves which come naturally to the human race. Charity, however, the Gift-love of God, is divine in its source and expression, and without the sweetening grace of this supernatural love, the natural loves become distorted and even dangerous.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780006280897 (0006280897)
Publish date: June 5th 2002
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 170
Edition language: English
This is one of those books that every time I read it (this is the third time I think) I learn something new, so I guess I am going to have to put this book up in the realms of literature. The interesting thing about this book is that when Lewis wrote it he had not been in a relationship (he remained...
As it can be expected by C.S Lewis, a rarely thoughtful and profound book.
It is not as bad as the other Lewis books, but I still couldn't give it a 2 starts. Maybe one and a half.Boring generalization of relationship. Lewis made the mistake again relying too much on his misconception about pagan worship and other stuff that he dislike because they don't beleive in the sam...
Good but nothing special. I wasn't too impressed by it, as I didn't really get as much out of it as I had expected. All Lewis writes is true, but it's all stuff I had already thought about myself. Sure, it was nice to be reminded of some of it, but I had hoped to learn something, and was disappointe...
'the four loves' [1960] sau 'cele patru iubiri', pentru norocosii care au prins cartea de la humanitas, aparuta in 1997, impreuna cu 'problema durerii' si 'despre minuni'.cartea pleaca de la cei patru termeni care definesc dragostea, intilniti in noul testament: storge [afectiunea], fileo [prietenia...