Philosophy 3601F/G Chapter Notes -The Four Loves, C. S. Lewis
6 Dec 2012
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When he has done all, he has merely encouraged here and discouraged there, powers and beauties that have a different source. It is dangerous to press upon a man the duty of getting beyond earthly love when his real difficulty lies in getting so far. Victorians older theologians were always saying very loudly that natural love is likely to be a great deal too much. All human beings pass away, do not let your happiness depend on something you may lose. The alternative to tragedy or at least the risk of tragedy is damnation. It remains certainly true that all natural loves can be inordinate. In the last resort we must turn down or disqualify our nearest and dearest when they come between us and our obedience to god. In god there is no hunger that needs to be filled, only plenteousness that desires to give.
