Philosophy 3601F/G Study Guide - C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves
6 Dec 2012
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Friendship seemed the happiest and most fully human of all loves. Few value it because few experience it. Friendship is the least natural of loves. The moment two men are friends they have in some degree drawn apart together from the herd. Friendship; it is a relation between men at their highest level of individuality. More dangerously for it withdraws them by twos and threes. To say these are my friends implies those are not. Lovers are always talking to one another about their love; friends hardy ever talk about their love. Friendship is the least jealous of loves. For in this love to divide is not to take away. Friendship exhibits a glorious nearness by resemblance. Friends find this solitude about them the first two would be glad to find a third. The man who agrees with us that some question little regarded by others is of great importance can be our friend.
