Lewis narrates his ideas about love and tries to convince people to disregard some love misconceptions so as to love in a God-honoring manner. Lewis says about the affections that, “if they ever also play their part, so much the better.Ĭlick here to read the full article (READ PDF). Lewis explores four types of love, namely, Storge-affection love, Phileo-friendship love, Eros -romantic love, and Agape-divine love. It is a state not of feelings but of the will that state of the will which we have naturally about ourselves, and must learn to have about other people.” It is good to have the feelings as well.

Thus Lewis says, “Christian love, either towards God or towards man, is an affair of the will.” In another place, Lewis amplifies this thought further, “Love in the Christian sense, does not mean an emotion. We are obliged to love whether we like it or not. But we need to remember that love is commanded. Obviously, it would be ideal if both duty and desire are fully present in our emotional and spiritual life. Narrator : Affection for family and friends, sexual love, these Lewis defined much as Freud would. Lewis believed that (agape) love is not primarily a matter of feeling but of will. He wrote a book called The Four Loves, which is about the four kinds of love that we experience. There is no way we could do justice to all the wide-ranging comments he made on the subject-so we will focus on a few observations on “agape” love.įirst, C.S. He recognized different kinds of love in his book The Four Loves (affection, friendship, romance, and charity-agape). Brilliant for anyone seeking to deepend their understanding of various types of attachment and love. Great book by CS Lewis on the different types of love. Essential reading Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 12, 2015. Given the centrality of love in Biblical teaching, it is not surprising that C.S. Lewis Introduction The Four Loveswas Lewis’ look at some of the different loves described in Greek thought:familial or affectionate love (storge) friendship (philia) romantic love (eros) and spiritual love(agape) in the light of Christian commentary on ordinate loves. 5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant little book on some of the different types of love - according to CS Lewis.

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