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The Four Loves Deluxe Author Company: Harvest Books Category:
The Four Loves Deluxe 4 stars (CS Lewis, The Four Loves) - A very deep and thoughtful work, from ... File Size: 4.00 kB OS: Windows 98 / NT / 2000 / ME / XP / VISTA License: Paperback - Time Limit, free to try, 9.60 to buy. Software Developed by Harvest Books Download now (4.00 kB) Click to buy with discount via Amazon (9.60$) Description : The Four Loves - 4 stars (CS Lewis, The Four Loves) - A very 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." --Michael Joseph Gross This is the Paperback version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "Buy Now" button below for around $9.60 USD. Click to buy with discount via Amazon      |