Thomist-in-Training Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 As Catholics do we (you) (good philosophers) think that Lewis' [i]The Four Loves [/i] is a valid explication of the kinds and nature of love? I don't even really know how to phrase this question. I'm actually going to work pretty soon but I will check the thread later today probably. I haven't read it in a few years, but I am reading Tolkien and he discusses a bit about this sort of thing in his letters to his sons. So I was wondering if there was a Catholic viewpoint on Lewis on this matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 [quote name='Thomist-in-Training' date='27 March 2010 - 12:08 PM' timestamp='1269706098' post='2081331'] As Catholics do we (you) (good philosophers) think that Lewis' [i]The Four Loves [/i] is a valid explication of the kinds and nature of love? I don't even really know how to phrase this question. I'm actually going to work pretty soon but I will check the thread later today probably. I haven't read it in a few years, but I am reading Tolkien and he discusses a bit about this sort of thing in his letters to his sons. So I was wondering if there was a Catholic viewpoint on Lewis on this matter. [/quote] It has been many years since I read that text but I don't remember anything particularly problematic about it. I read some neat books on the subject by Catholic authors. The coolest imo is Dietrich Von Hildebrand's [i]The Nature of Love[/i] (recently available in English), but I also recall enjoying Scheler, Marcel, Pieper and others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinitelord1 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 I have never read this book... but i have recently been talking about the different types of love with a friend of mine... based on my own experiences and feelings i have been able to define a few types of love such as platonic love, romantic love, unconditional love (like a parent has for a child), and love between friends (not sure what to call it). are any of these mentioned in "the four loves"? if they are then i believe in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charleseherring Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 [quote name='infinitelord1' date='31 March 2010 - 12:34 AM' timestamp='1270013696' post='2083884'] I have never read this book... but i have recently been talking about the different types of love with a friend of mine... based on my own experiences and feelings i have been able to define a few types of love such as platonic love, romantic love, unconditional love (like a parent has for a child), and love between friends (not sure what to call it). are any of these mentioned in "the four loves"? if they are then i believe in them. [/quote] you got all four basicly Affection, Friendship, eros ( is love in the sense of 'being in love'. This is distinct from sexuality), and friendship, i personaly like the book and saw nothing wrong with it, i mean it comes from the guy who wrote mere christiantity [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Loves"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Loves[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocent Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 (edited) [quote name='infinitelord1' date='31 March 2010 - 12:04 PM' timestamp='1270013696' post='2083884'] I have never read this book... but i have recently been talking about the different types of love with a friend of mine... based on my own experiences and feelings i have been able to define a few types of love such as platonic love, romantic love, unconditional love (like a parent has for a child), and love between friends (not sure what to call it). [/quote] The four loves discussed in this book are Agape, Storgē, Philia, and Eros. My favourite section is the section on Eros, since I read this book immediately after completing reading [i]Love And Responsibility.[/i] This book can be found on the Internet Archive, as part of the Million Book Project.[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Book_Project"]*[/url] If you have time to read it, you can download a scanned and digitised version (PDF or DJVU) of the book from the Internet Archive. LINK: [url="http://www.archive.org/details/fourlovesthatour027870mbp"][b]Internet Archive: The Four Loves - C.S. Lewis[/b][/url] Edited March 31, 2010 by Innocent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingStone Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 He has a different standpoint than is traditionally attributed to the four different kinds of love (altered/modified from Aristotle). I was writing a paper regarding the philosophy of love and decided to not use Lewis, and rather, I used Dietrich von Hildebrand, Karol Wojtyla, Alice von Hildebrand, Patrick Lee, and Josef Pieper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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