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The Four Loves

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1960

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Essay Topics

1.

Lewis describes Eros as “[a] divine joke, made at our expense, but also for our benefit” (100). What does he believe the joke and benefit are?

2.

Do you believe Lewis’s discussion of the four loves would be useful to a non-Christian? Why or why not?

3.

How does Lewis describe the difference between “likeness to God” (9) and “nearness to God” (8)?

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