![]() ![]() ![]() (They can come together, but there can also be “Venus, uncontaminated by Eros”). It has no survival value rather, it is one of those things which give value to survival.”Įros he says is about the Beloved, not necessarily the sexual connotation we tend to give the word – he separates this part out and names it “Venus”. ![]() Lewis discusses the difference between need-pleasures and appreciative pleasures, between need-love and gift-love, before getting to the main content of the book – the four types of love: Affection, Friendship, Eros and Charity.įrom the chapter on friendship: “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). I was wrong, it took me nearly two months! I think really it was just a bit too clever for me. At only 170 pages, I thought I might get through this fairly quickly, even if it is non-fiction. ![]()
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