Cs lewis book four loves5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Paul has a higher authority with us than St. We follow One who wept over Jerusalem and at the grave of Lazarus, and, loving all, yet had one disciple whom, in a special sense, he ‘loved.’ St. It is closer to Stoic ‘apathy’ or neo-Platonic mysticism than to charity. “This passage in the Confessions is less a part of St Augustine’s Christendom than a hangover from the high-minded Pagan philosophies in which he grew up. If love is to be a blessing, not a misery, it must be for the only Beloved who will never pass away. Do not let your happiness depend on something you may lose. This is what comes, he says, of giving one’s heart to anything but God. Augustine describes the desolation into which the death of his friend Nebridius plunged him (Confessions IV, 4.),” Lewis wrote. “In words which can still bring tears to the eyes, St. Why then did Lewis shoot down Augustine’s view of friendship in “The Four Loves?” Lewis, gave themselves without reservations to their friends. ![]()
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