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The Four Loves
The Four Loves | C. S. Lewis
"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 happiness and 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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Charityann
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Finished this on today for #24B4MONDAY and since it‘s an unrelated title - 6 points for #teamslaughter #scarathlon 🎃📚👻 @Clwojick

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hwestfall
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A great book about the four types of love. As with all CS Lewis books I read, I feel like I missed some of it. I am going to have to read it again to absorb more information.

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hwestfall
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I found this original recording of CS Lewis on archive.org. It adds another level to the book to hear him read it.

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Lcsmcat
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Crazeedi One of my favorite CS Lewis books 6y
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Meglet
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Lewis can get a bit boggy at times for me, when he‘s trying to logically untangle something challenging and complex, but The Four Loves is a beautiful read. It contains one of my favorite quotes (“The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell”) and the part on friendship love is fantastic. We really should talk about brotherly love more.

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RavenStorm
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“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”
- C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

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piglet
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Read a long time ago. But this one part I remember :
" friendship is the only love which doesn't have an intrinsic purpose. It exists for its own sake."

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DrSabrinaMoldenReads
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I have that agape love for these loves of my life who adore each other, my granddaughter and her “Uncle”, who is also My Son #kiss #PrinceofJuly

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Ok you win again!!! 💜💜💜 6y
MicheleinPhilly Ugh, my heart. ❤️ 6y
DrSabrinaMoldenReads I could not come up with a thing for yesterday though @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 6y
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Melissa_J Your granddaughter is absolutely adorable! 6y
AmyG Awwwww ❤️ 6y
vkois88 😍😍😍😍😍😍 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Joyfulmimi you knocked it out of the park with this one and #littleredcorvette 💜 Make sure to show your son all the love he‘s getting on Litsy 🤣🤣🤣 6y
DrSabrinaMoldenReads I did and he said: “What‘s that?” @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 6y
sprainedbrain ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
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KCorter
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"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” - C.S. Lewis

RaimeyGallant Nice! 7y
Cathythoughts Lovely pic ❤️ 7y
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ssravp
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Tremendous audiobook, in large part because it‘s read by Lewis himself!

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readinginthedark
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A variety of genres from my TBR for four through seven of #novemberbythenumbers !

Cinfhen 🎉 woohoo 🙌🏻 well done 7y
readinginthedark @Cinfhen Thanks! 😊 7y
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Chelseabillups30
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A rather poignant, heavy truth bomb about vulnerability and relationships.

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readinginthedark
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I haven't read many books with "Love" in the title, so here's one from my TBR list! #lovetitles #feistyfeb

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saresmoore
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Wishing all of my favorite reading humans a happy day with lots of love! ❤️💗💜 Litsy is a virtual community like no other—the redemption of the Internet by way of books! Love and hugs to you all.

CoffeeBooksRepeat Love this!!💕 8y
Cinfhen I know they aren't my children but I want to frame this picture 💕💕love and peace right back at you 😘I'm crazy mad obsessed with that background...where/what is it??? 8y
saresmoore @Cinfhen Isn't it amazing? It's outside our favorite local coffee shop, Subculture. They painted the fence white and invited the community to come and graffiti it—it ended up covered in messages of hope and compassion! There is a lot of intentional street art around West Palm Beach and I really love it. 8y
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Cinfhen That is beyond awesome, next time I'm in Florida I may need to take a detour and meet you for coffee there! It's incredible 8y
saresmoore @Cinfhen Yes, please! That would be magical! 8y
LauraBeth This is such a beautiful picture! @Cinfhen can just fly into Atlanta and I'll pick her up and we'll drive down to Florida for a visit with you @saresmoore 😀 8y
saresmoore @LauraBeth @Cinfhen I love this idea! 8y
Cinfhen Stop, because I'm serious, I would totally do a road trip with you @LauraBeth especially to hang with @saresmoore ~ I'll be in the states for 11 weeks this summer!!! (edited) 8y
LauraBeth Well I actually have the time @Cinfhen and @saresmoore now that I'm not working 😀 (edited) 8y
saresmoore @LauraBeth @Cinfhen Let's do it! Palm Beach is not a bad place to visit and I have two spare beds and lots of books! 🏖🏠 8y
Cinfhen Woohoo 😀😀😃get out the planners, girls!! @LauraBeth @saresmoore 8y
LauraBeth I'm southern - I don't need a formal invitation to show up 😂 @Cinfhen and @saresmoore 8y
saresmoore @LauraBeth @Cinfhen 😂 And THAT is exactly why I have spare beds in the first place! My email is saraesmoore @ gmail, so you can let me know when you're five minutes away! 😁 8y
LauraBeth We can stop at @Bookshelfthomasville on the way @Cinfhen as well as other cool indie bookstores 😀@saresmoore 8y
Cinfhen I hear you, no formal invites but at some point I need to get on a plane heading south @LauraBeth @saresmoore I'm going to remind you of this awesome idea in May 8y
saresmoore @Cinfhen @LauraBeth I am totally in! I love it & we can absolutely coordinate real life dates. My girls would be thrilled to meet you both, too! 8y
Cinfhen Excellent, I would love to meet all of you as well! I love this place @LauraBeth @saresmoore 8y
LeahBergen This photo is so SO beautiful!! And I'll pop down from Canada to meet you all for coffee! 😘 @saresmoore @LauraBeth @Cinfhen 8y
saresmoore @LeahBergen Perfect! (Unless we end up in Canada first, out of desperation!) 8y
LauraBeth I'm putting a reminder in my phone for May to bring this back up @saresmoore and @cinfhen (I've already told the husband we're going to have to go to Israel and he was surprisingly on board) 😀I love that @LeahBergen will pop down from Canada! 8y
Cinfhen @LauraBeth hahaha just don't plan the Israel trip from June19 - August 28 and @LeahBergen love to have you join the party💕 8y
LauraBeth @Cinfhen well of not - I'll be in Florida 😀 8y
ValerieAndBooks Such a cute picture 😍! And I love how all these meet ups are being planned b/c of Litsy! @Cinfhen don't forget us in Philly 😉 8y
Bookshelfthomasville @LauraBeth thank you! We can't wait to see you! 😊 8y
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Notmacaroniandcheese
The Four Loves | Clive Staples Lewis

HELP! HELP!
I've got a problem. I discovered one of my books is covered in mold. It's bad. The worst part is that it is a first edition of a CS Lewis book and I'm not about to toss that out. Any ideas on how to clean it?

Shemac77 I'd take it to a book restorer. Wish I had a better idea for you. 8y
Kalalalatja Oh no, that's horrible! 8y
LauraBrook Oh no! I'd contact a book restorer and check online for quick tips. Maybe sealing it in a ziploc bag with one of those desiccant packets would help temporarily? Good luck!👍🏼 8y
Desha Oh no! I'm so sorry! It's a great read too! Mold is evil!! 😠 8y
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GoneFishing
The Four Loves | Clive Staples Lewis

Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .

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BarbaraJean
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A day late for #inthemoodforlove. I guess I wasn't in the mood yesterday? ?C.S. Lewis is always a good idea, and his reflections on four types of love are no exception. "There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken..."
#seasonsreadings2016

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FoldedPagesDistillery
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“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

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to all who follow me on Instagram and here. I recently hit 100k followers on IG, and am grateful for the friendships I have created here. Thank you for being my kind of people.

mrsh62010 I don't know you, lol but I love you for this post. 8y
LeahBergen 👏🏻👏🏻 8y
Gissy Nice photo! Is that your place or a book store. I can imagine how happy you feel around all those books, just like Belle!! 📚📚📚👍 8y
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Casi This photo makes me very happy. So many books 8y
Boghunden Congrats :) 8y
Merethebookgal Congrats! 👏🏼🎉 8y
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Caterina
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After three new acquisitions at the Strand, I'm feeling very pleased with my collection of Christianity-related books - and these are only the ones with me at college! I have a bit more Bonhoeffer and a few other theologians at home, along with a Harper Collins study bible. Now to finish reading them all! #Christianity #religion #theology

JPrecht I love The Four Loves! Have you read The Great Divorce? It's my favorite Lewis! 8y
Caterina @JPrecht Yes, the Great Divorce is my favorite Lewis too!! 8y
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GoneFishing
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We hear a great deal about the rudeness of the rising generation. I am an oldster myself and might be expected to take the oldsters' side, but I have been far more impressed by the bad manners of parents to children than by those of children to parents.
Who has not been the embarrassed guest at family meals where the father or mother treated their grown-up offspring with an incivility which...would simply have termi-
nated the acquaintance?

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Caterina
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"Our whole being by its very nature is one vast need; incomplete, preparatory, empty yet cluttered, crying out for Him who can untie things that are now knotted together and tie up things that are still dangling loose."
Finally taking a bit of me time to spiritually recenter myself, with C.S. Lewis as my companion! #theology #religion #Christianity

VanillaBear CS Lewis has such a profound ability to put such complex emotions in simple fashion. 8y
MrBook Love Lewis. Excellent quote! 8y
Caterina @VanillaBear That's so true, and it's one of my favorite things about him! @MrBook He's one of my favorites! :) 8y
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readinginthedark
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Here is my great bookish quote from C.S. Lewis! "Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival." Spending the #readathon with one of my best friends has been so much fun! #24in48