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The Four Loves (Edition First American Editi) by Lewis, C. S. [Hardcover(1991]

C.S. Lewis

The 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...

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The Megyn Kelly Show

It was discussed in the context of friendship and the experience of finding a shared connection with another mind through a love of a common good.

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Lewis actually writes about this in The Four Loves, that experience of, oh, you too? I thought I was the only one, right? That's, that's friendship.

— Episode: Speaking Your Mind, Markle's "Diva" Mome...

Episode: Speaking Your Mind, Markle's "Diva" Moment, and th...

It was discussed in the context of friendship and the experience of finding a shared connection with another mind through a love of a common good.

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Lewis actually writes about this in The Four Loves, that experience of, oh, you too? I thought I was the only one, right? That's, that's friendship.

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

C.S. Lewis discusses four types of love, including Storge, the love of affection; Eros, the love of desire; Philia, the love of friendship; and Agape, the love of God.

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In fact, when it comes to the four loves, I mentioned C.S. Lewis yesterday and the four loves, he spells out four kinds of love the Greeks would talk about. One is called Storghe, right? It's the love...

— Episode: Day 112: True Friendship (2024)

Episode: Day 112: True Friendship (2024)

C.S. Lewis discusses four types of love, including Storge, the love of affection; Eros, the love of desire; Philia, the love of friendship; and Agape, the love of God.

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In fact, when it comes to the four loves, I mentioned C.S. Lewis yesterday and the four loves, he spells out four kinds of love the Greeks would talk about. One is called Storghe, right? It's the love of affection and it's the love that we'd say if I love pizza, I love my mom, I love home, I love traveling, whatever those things are, all that kind of love, that Storghe. It's, I have an affection and C.S. Lewis at one point he describes Storghe as the rice. He, I have the, the audio book, the four loves on audio book, as I said, but, and he's the narrator. And so it's great. I have this like a divorce of C.S. Lewis. That's the sound something that C.S. Lewis, but his British voice saying that Storghe is like the bed of rice that is you put your, I think your pad tie on something like this. He just used this as a great example where it's, it's the, it's the foundation if everyone experiences Storghe is what I'm trying to say. Everyone experiences love of affection.

CS Lewis points out that when it comes to Philia, when it comes to true friendship, that happens maybe once or twice in a person's life, if ever, if ever because it's so rare.

Episode: Day 111: Saul Tries to Kill David (2024)

It was described as phenomenal, as the author talked about Philia, which is the love of friendship.

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he has a book called The Four Loves which is just absolutely phenomenal

Episode: Day 112: True Friendship (2023)

Fr. Mike mentioned listening to the audiobook version of this book and discussed the four types of love detailed within it, like 'storge' (affection) and 'philia' (friendship).

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C.S. Lewis at one point, he describes storge as the rice. I have the audio book, the four loves on audio book, as I said, but, and he's the narrator.

He just used this as a great example where it's the foundation. Everyone experiences storge, is what I'm trying to say. Everyone experiences love of affection.

Episode: Day 111: Saul Tries to Kill David (2023)

Fr. Mike Schmitz mentioned it as a phenomenal book by C.S. Lewis that describes philia (the love of friendship) and how people can be captivated by something bigger than themselves, which they run after.

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He has a book called The Four Loves which is just absolutely phenomenal.

Episode: Day 112: True Friendship (2022)

It was mentioned as a book containing four kinds of love: storge, eros, philia, and agape. Fr. Mike Schmitz described the audio book and C.S. Lewis's narration of it.

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I have an audio book, the four loves on audio book, as I said, but, and he's the narrator.

He just used this as a great example where it's, it's the, it's the foundation. Everyone experiences storge is what I'm trying to say.

C.S. Lewis points out that when it comes to philia, when it comes to true friendship, that happens maybe once or twice in a person's life, if ever, if ever, because it's so rare.

Episode: Day 111: Saul Tries to Kill David (2022)

Fr. Mike Schmitz mentioned it as a phenomenal book that describes philia, the love of friendship, in the context of being captivated by something greater than oneself, like pursuing God.

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C.S. Lewis sometimes he has he's been known to point this out he has a book called the four loves which is just absolutely phenomenal when he talks about philia which is the love of friendship he describes it in terms of here's an individual and they're so captivated by something bigger than themselves that they're running after it right

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller highlighted the book in two episodes, noting that a chapter on friendship had a life‑changing impact and underscored the need for community to truly know a person. He also described it as a marvelous work on Christian character, recommending it to listeners. The overall tone was enthusiastic and affirming.

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Episode: Love – Overcoming Fear

It was recommended as a marvelous book on Christian character.

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And then there's a book by C.S. Lewis itself called The Four Loves which is also a marvelous book really about Christian character.

Episode: United to One Another

It was mentioned that a chapter on friendship in this book contains an idea that changed the speaker's life; the speaker connected the idea in the book to the importance of community in knowing a person.

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CS Lewis in his book, The Four Loves, has a chapter on friendship.

it takes a community to really know a person because he says I, he was talking about himself. He says I am not enough by myself to draw the whole person fourth.

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