The Four Loves

Four Loves In C.S. Lewis’ book, Four Loves, he writes on the topic of love and outlines four different categories or types of love including: Affection, Friendship, Eros, and Charity. Throughout his book, Lewis explores each type of love and explains how each type is important. Love is often perceived as a beautiful, but confusing concept that people struggle to talk about. However, after reading this book, I have gained a new understanding on what it means to love and how I love the most. Love is a word that is thrown around all the time, but what exactly is love? According to Lewis, in his moving poem he describes “love” to be as warm as tears; to be as fierce as fire; to be as fresh as spring, and finally as hard as nails. This description…

According to the text there are four types of love, Courtly/Romantic, Companionate, Friendship and Same-Sex Love. Courtly/Romantic is defined a powerfully emotional, intense love in which a person believes that there is love at first sight, then there is only one true love, and that love conquers all. Companionate love, is, calmer than romantic love, emphasizing intimacy with, affection for, and commitment to another person. Friendship love is an attachment between people, it is the basis for…

Review on The Four Loves by C. S. Lewis. The four loves is a book about different types of love written by C. S. Lewis (1898-1963). Lewis was a man of many occupations such as Novelist, scholar, broadcaster and English literature tutor, but for this purpose a British novelist, who studied at Oxford University and was married to Joy Davidman and is still celebrated for his wonderful works. Apart from The four loves, he wrote other books like, The Allegory of Love, Boxen, God in the Dock,…

Thesis The four loves by C.S. Lewis is a Christian book which is one of the famous books written by Lewis among his last books. Lewis looks at the topic of love and describes it using the four Greek words; Affection-storge, Friendship-philia, Romantic Love-eros and Charity-agape. The main thesis of the book is that love ceases to become love when it becomes a god and love is due to this can becomes a demon. Love is a lovely gift from God but sometimes people are willing to serve love as the…

What is love? Love is an abstract concept with many different meanings and definitions which can range from dear friend to passionate lover. Many psychologists have 6 or more categories for love; however the Greeks define love into four different categories such as Eros, Storge, Agape, and Philia. Each with a different meaning, signifying different types of love that can be felt. We have experienced at least three of the four types in our life and may experience all four in our lifetime. Not…

It is said that love is only a word until someone comes around and gives it meaning. But people don't just love their best friends the same way they love their wife. Both types of love are very meaningful, but still very different. “The Ancient Greeks created four terms (Eros, storge, agape, and phileo) to symbolize the four types of love” (TotesCute.com). Eros is an emotional and sexual love. Storge is a family or friendship love. Agape is the love for everyone. And phileo is a deep friendship…

Love is considered one of the greatest paradoxes in Christian life. Is it for good or for ill we offer our hearts to one another? As C.S. Lewis notes in The Four Loves, Saint John teaches that “God is love,” thus to love is to experience a more intimate relationship with God. However, passion left unchecked festers like a sore. “We may give our human loves the unconditional allegiance which we owe only to God. Then they become gods: then they become demons. Then they will destroy us,…

Utilitarian’s know little of love, but that does not mean they cannot sustain relationships. In C.S Lewis’s, “The Four Love’s”, he expresses, storge, philia, eros, and agape. Storge may be seen mostly as affection. This type of love does not require equality. It is the love that children have for their parents or an owner for his/her dog. Is it not true that utilitarian’s have parents and thus love them? Sadly, it is possible for someone not to love their parents; however it is not possible that…

Love is something that most, if not all, people around the globe have given or received at some point of their lives. It is something we crave to experience and some spend their entire lives in search of someone to love or who will love them. But what is love? Many debate on whether love is a feeling or a decision. Is love something you can say about the things we like, such as foods and colors, or should it be used only for the people we truly love? Should you constantly remind the people you…

the English language the word “love” has a pretty straight forward meaning, but we use the word in many complicated ways. The same word you describe your wife with is the same word you would use when you’re talking about your favorite TV show. Even though we use the same word to describe the different levels of love the ancient Greeks was able distinguished four different words for love and each one has their own unique meaning: storge, philia, eros, and agape. The first type of love, storge,…