LIT 2000 C.S. Lewis The four loves

Eros

"Being in love" romantic love that involves a feeling of being in love.

Philia

"Friendship" Lewis describes this kind of love as a situation where people meet and have companionship. Such kind of people tends to have similar interests. Lewis claims that Phileo love is the least required type of love.

The four loves

1.Storge = empathy bond 2.Philia = friendship bond 3.Eros = being in love 4.Agape = unconditional God Love

"Says to a woman, I cannot live without [you]." Is an example of what kind of love

Appreciative love

What love is most "God like"?

Appreciative love

Appreciative love

Attitude toward a person or thing that is a wish for continuous enjoyment and that it should continue to live even if it is to never be enjoyed because it is so beautiful

Resolve of corruptions

Become self-centeredness

T/F According to Lewis, we are nearest to God in our spiritual experience when we are most like God.

FALSE

T/F Lewis claims that being created in the image of God is the same as being in the likeness of God.

FALSE

T/F Need pleasure can will continue to be a pleasure once it is satisfied.

FALSE

T/F Need-love's goal is to love in such a way that the person we love keeps needing our love.

FALSE

T/F Need-pleasures lack similarity to Need-loves.

FALSE

T/F While we cannot live by Need-love alone and be happy, we can love by Affection alone and be happy.

FALSE

T/F "Need-loves" do not set up to be gods.

False

T/F Affection is most often rooted in pride for the one whom we have chosen to express affection

False

Natural human loves into two types

Gift and need love

"__________________longs to give her happiness, comfort, protection--if possible, wealth."

Gift love

Upon what "maxim" (statement of truth) in John's Gospel does Lewis base the content of his book?

God is love

Gift love

God like because god is self giving, divine love which helps us know gods nature more fully -selfless -not out of need for anything -only god can exhibit it fully

"Says to a woman, I cannot live without [you]." Is an example of what kind of love

Need love

When it comes to God, it's permanent

Need-love

"[I]t's a momentary condition, and outside that relation, it [has] no meaning or interest for us at all."

Need-pleasures

Can higher loves exist without lower ones?

No

love deals with

Not just emotions but also with divine truths at the center of salvation

Pure love is

Other-centered

"The objects which afford _______________give us the feeling--whether irrational or not--that we somehow owe it to them to savour, to attend to and praise it."

Pleasures of appreciation

Likeness to god

Something given to humans

Nearness to god

Spiritual quality we must seek

T/F Affection and Charity share common qualities.

TRUE

T/F Affection can have a tendency to take liberties and treat others rudely or poorly because of the familiarity of the person and the affection for the person that has been developed.

TRUE

T/F Affection is not just a natural love but is Love Himself at work in us.

TRUE

T/F Human loves can be wondrous images of God's Divine love.

TRUE

T/F Loving nature helps to provide the meaning of what philosophy, theology, the scripture teach.

TRUE

T/F Need pleasures can lead to addiction.

TRUE

T/F Need-love will not out-last our need, except in relationship with God

TRUE

T/F Patriotism becomes problematic when we link it to Christendom, especially since every country has committed in its past some treacherous act.

TRUE

T/F The most unlovable people are ones who often desire affection the most.

TRUE

T/F When we find ourselves developing affection for someone because we see aspects of that person as being "who s/he is" and accept her/him as s/he is, this can result in broadening our minds.

TRUE

T/FAffection can be a uniting force by bringing together those we might likely not choose and who are most unlike us.

TRUE

Appreciative pleasure

This type of pleasure is where our experience of beauty comes from. Such pleasure has a "disinterested" element—that is, we deem beautiful things "very good," in a God-like way, and we want them to exist even if we won't be alive to enjoy them.

T/F Affection at its core is need love and gift love.

True

T/F Pleasures of Appreciation can become Need-pleasures.

True

A pleasant aroma is a

pleasure in its own right.

A drink of water is a

pleasure preceded by desire.

Parallel between need loves and pleasures

the love doesn't last longer than the need (though, of course, some needs are permanent)

The two classes of pleasures:

those that need to be preceded by desire (like thirst precedes the pleasure of a drink of water) and those that need no preparation (like the sudden scent of flowers on a walk). These two categories can be called Need-pleasures and Pleasures of Appreciation.

Agape

love is the noblest among the loves. Lewis describes it as a divine-based natural love that entails loving everything, including foes. Indeed, the author explains the pitfalls of each type of love. However, he notes that this kind of love can lead one to sin when besmirched. -highest of the four, "totally unselfish love" -selfless love of God for humanity

Storge

bond between relatives or people who are related in a particular manner. Storge love is an innate instinct that exists between a parent and a child. This love exists naturally due to familiarity.

Till we have faces connection

-storge = psyche -Philia = fox -Eros = bardia

Natural love

Turns greedy, jealous and possessive if left alone

Need love

Unlike god because god lacks nothing -affection for a person who fills our need or who we hope will fill our need -parent to child

Pleasure of appreciation is

a pleasure in its own right.

A Need-pleasure is

a pleasure preceded by desire.