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ISBN
0156329301
Publication Year
1971
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
Four Loves
Author
C.S. Lewis
Features
Reprint
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Genre
Religion
Topic
Inspirational, Christian Life / Love & Marriage

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"We need others physically, emotionally, intellectually; we need them if we are to know anything, even ourselves." We hear often that love is patient and kind, not envious or prideful. We hear that human love is a reflection of divine love. We hear that God is love. But how do we understand its work in our lives, its perils and rewards? Here, the incomparable C. S. Lewis examines human love in four forms: affection, the most basic, general, and emotive; friendship, the most rare, least jealous, and, in being freely chosen, perhaps the most profound; Eros, passionate love that can run counter to happinessand poses real danger; charity, the greatest, most spiritual, and least selfish. Proper love is a risk, but to bar oneself from it--to deny love--is a damning choice. Love is a need and a gift; love brings joy and laughter. We must seek to be awakened and so to find an Appreciative love through which "all things are possible." " The Four Loves deserves to become a minor classic as a modern mirror of our souls, a mirror of the virtues and failings of human loving." -- New York Times Book Review "Lewis has a keen eye, a large measure of human sympathy, wit, and a command of simple words." -- Times Literary Supplement C. S. (Clive Staples) Lewis (1898-1963), one of the great writers of the twentieth century, also continues to be one of our most influential Christian thinkers. He wrote more than thirty books, both popular and scholarly, including The Chronicles of Narnia series, The Screwtape Letters , The Four Loves , Mere Christianity , and Surprised by Joy .

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0156329301
ISBN-13
9780156329309
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Book Title
Four Loves
Author
C.S. Lewis
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Inspirational, Christian Life / Love & Marriage
Publication Year
1971
Genre
Religion

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8in.
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Item Width
5.3in.
Item Weight
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Reprint
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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.", "A rare and memorable book." -- Saturday Review "The Four Loves deserves to become a minor classic as a modern mirror of our souls, a mirror of the virtues and failings of human loving." -- New York Times Book Review "[Lewis] has never written better. Nearly every page scintillates with observations which are illuminating, provocative and original." -- Church Times "What is interesting about these chapters is the extent to which a non-believer can follow the argument and receive enlightenment ... Lewis has a keen eye, a large measure of human sympathy, wit, and a command of simple words ... By writing so well and so perceptively about 'natural' human conduct, Lewis makes the strongest case for examining his conclusions with respect. He is writing, presumably, for the unconverted as well as for Christians, and whatever the former may believe or disbelieve about God they are persuaded that he could only exist as a culmination in absolute terms of their deepest moral convictions."-- Times Literary Supplement, "A rare and memorable book." - Saturday Review "The Four Loves deserves to become a minor classic as a modern mirror of our souls, a mirror of the virtues and failings of human loving." - New York Times Book Review "[Lewis] has never written better. Nearly every page scintillates with observations which are illuminating, provocative and original." - Church Times "What is interesting about these chapters is the extent to which a non-believer can follow the argument and receive enlightenment … Lewis has a keen eye, a large measure of human sympathy, wit, and a command of simple words … By writing so well and so perceptively about 'natural' human conduct, Lewis makes the strongest case for examining his conclusions with respect. He is writing, presumably, for the unconverted as well as for Christians, and whatever the former may believe or disbelieve about God they are persuaded that he could only exist as a culmination in absolute terms of their deepest moral convictions."- Times Literary Supplement
Copyright Date
1971
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
60-010920
Dewey Decimal
241
Dewey Edition
21
Number of Pages
156 Pages

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  • by cjhcoh-hlcwjvaaf0
    Sep 03, 2018Top favorable review

    C.S.LEWIS KNOWS HIS STUFF.

    CS LEWIS IN A SEEMINGLY DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE STYLE ELUCIDATE S THE DIFFERENT TYPES AND LEVELS OF THE FOUR HUMAN LOVES. HE SEAMLESS LY WEAVES TOGETHER THE DIFFERENCE S INTO THE REALITY OF THE HUMANANITY AND HUMANS THAT ARE SO TRULY RECOGNIZABLE . READ IT AND WEEP FOR JOY. BECAUSE YOU WILL BEFRIEND THE AUTHOR AND ALSO LOVE HIS WRITINGS!!!!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: thrift.books

  • by booksbybecka
    Oct 13, 2015

    The Four Loves

    Lewis begins by drawing a distinction between "gift-love" and "need-love," defining the first as the type of love which motivates a man to work and plan for his family's future well-being although he will not live to see its fulfillment, and the second as that which sends a frightened child running to his mother. There follows a scholarly yet warmly conversational discussion of the four loves known to man: affection, friendship, eros, and charity. In conclusion, the author says, "We must try to relate the human activities called "loves" to that Love which is God." He explains that the Creator implants in us both gift-loves, which are natural images of Himself, and need-loves, which are correlatives. "But in addition to these natural loves God can bestow a far better gift…He communicates to ...

    Condition: Pre-OwnedSold by: ggiezgg

  • by qLCnTW5XTE2@Deleted
    May 12, 2014

    A merry, insightful, sincere book that may help you see things more clearly

    This might be my favorite book by CS Lewis, although I would probably would've said that about each one at the time I was reading it. Gives a very insightful look at the different types of love in a way that you might already know and understand, but never put into words. After reading it I simply feel more ready and worthy to receive and express love in the different ways that it can be. I highly recommend it! :)

  • by tex16903
    May 05, 2021

    Get a coppy

    In The Four Loves, C. S. Lewis explores the four kinds of human love in one of his most famous works of nonfiction. He identifies these kinds of love as affection, the most basic form; friendship, the rarest and perhaps most insightful; eros, passionate love; and charity, the love of God.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: alibrisbooks

  • by xmua9149
    Mar 15, 2022

    A book of it's Time

    Showing CS Lewis' wide range- one more book in his Arsenal of talent! Son really was impressed by his range though did remark he found Lewis' views to be outdated.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: second.sale

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