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PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

ISBN-100151329168

ISBN-139780151329168

eBay Product ID (ePID)37271

Product Key Features

Book TitleFour Loves

Number of Pages156 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicInspirational, Christian Life / Love & Marriage

Publication Year1991

GenreReligion

AuthorC.S. Lewis

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight10.2 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN91-004033

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingThe

ReviewsThe 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."

Dewey Decimal241

SynopsisA candid, wise, and warmly personal book in which Lewis explores the possibilities and problems of the four basic kinds of human love- affection, friendship, erotic love, and the love of God. Immensely worthwhile for its simplicity...a rare and memorable book (Sydney J. Harris). ", A candid, wise, and warmly personal book in which Lewis explores the possibilities and problems of the four basic kinds of human love- affection, friendship, erotic love, and the love of God. "Immensely worthwhile for its simplicity...a rare and memorable book" (Sydney J. Harris).

LC Classification NumberBV4639.L45 1991