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This 10 page paper discusses C.S. Lewis's concepts of earthly love (phileo, eros and storge) and argues that storge (family) is strongest. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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on the big screen. This book and its two companions, The Silver Chair and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader form a trilogy that is beloved of readers the world
over. Lewis makes no apologies for the fact that he is a Christian, and that there is much Christian symbolism in at least some of his books. He espouses
a sort of "muscular" Christianity that makes the themes attractive even to non-believers. Its also apparent that he has given a great deal of time and thought to the question
of love in its various forms-one of his most enduring books is The Four Loves, which has become a classic. This paper examines Lewiss thinking on the types of love
and argues that storge (family) is the most important. Discussion In The Four Loves, Lewis contrasts three types of love (friendship, affection, and erotic love) with mans love for God.
"The book is powerful because Lewis does not content himself only with noting the possible rivalry between particular loves and love for God. With each of the loves that he
takes up ... he begins ... by depicting for us the sublime within the everyday" (Meilaender). That is, Lewis finds in these "natural loves" an idea of "what divine love
itself is in part" (Meilaender). For instance, one facet of Gods love can be found "in the undiscriminating character of affection. Given familiarity over time, almost anyone can become an
object of affection. Hence, this love manifests an implicit openness to the worth of every human being" (Meilaender). Friendship is different; it is a "discriminating love, for we are
friends only with certain people whom we have chosen for particular reasons" (Meilaender). At the same time, however, friendship is the least jealous of loves" (Meilaender). We tend to choose
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