The Four Loves

C.S. Lewis’s famous work on the nature of love divides love into four categories: Affection, Friendship, Eros and Charity. The first three are loves which come naturally to the human race. Charity, however, the Gift-love of God, is divine in its source and expression, and without the sweetening grace of this supernatural love, the natural loves become distorted and even dangerous.

From the author of Mere Christianity , the greatest Christian thinker of our time explores what it means to love. What does it mean to love? Affection is the most familiar bond born of fondness and familiarity; friendship, our rarest and perhaps most insightful connection; eros, the embodiment of passion and desire. The most powerful of all is charity, the love of God, without which the others are easily corrupted – becoming bitter, selfish and even dangerous. C. S. Lewis names and explores these human sentiments in The Four Loves , one of his most famous works of non-fiction. With his characteristic warmth and lucidity, Lewis clarifies how the four loves work in our daily lives and how they can allow us to be closer to God.

From the author of Mere Christianity , the greatest Christian thinker of our time explores what it means to love. What does it mean to love? Affection is the most familiar bond born of fondness and familiarity; friendship, our rarest and perhaps most insightful connection; eros, the embodiment of passion and desire. The most powerful of all is charity, the love of God, without which the others are easily corrupted – becoming bitter, selfish and even dangerous. C. S. Lewis names and explores these human sentiments in The Four Loves , one of his most famous works of non-fiction. With his characteristic warmth and lucidity, Lewis clarifies how the four loves work in our daily lives and how they can allow us to be closer to God.

A repackaged edition of the revered author's classic work that examines the four types of human love: affection, friendship, erotic love, and the love of God--part of the C. S. Lewis Signature Classics series. C.S. Lewis--the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia , and many other beloved classics--contemplates the essence of love and how it works in our daily lives in one of his most famous works of nonfiction. Lewis examines four varieties of human love: affection, the most basic form; friendship, the rarest and perhaps most insightful; Eros, passionate love; charity, the greatest and least selfish. Throughout this compassionate and reasoned study, he encourages readers to open themselves to all forms of love--the key to understanding that brings us closer to God.

A repackaged edition of the revered author's classic work that examines the four types of human love: affection, friendship, erotic love, and the love of God--part of the C. S. Lewis Signature Classics series. C.S. Lewis--the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia , and many other beloved classics--contemplates the essence of love and how it works in our daily lives in one of his most famous works of nonfiction. Lewis examines four varieties of human love: affection, the most basic form; friendship, the rarest and perhaps most insightful; Eros, passionate love; charity, the greatest and least selfish. Throughout this compassionate and reasoned study, he encourages readers to open themselves to all forms of love--the key to understanding that brings us closer to God.