This pipe smoking gent changed my life. I wholeheartedly recommend “The Great Divorce” if you haven’t read or listened to that yet. God’s love never quits.
Lewis warns that while Storgē can be a source of comfort and belonging, it can become possessive or even oppressive if it’s not balanced by other forms of love, such as charity or friendship. He also notes that affection often comes with an element of "patience" and "forgiveness," making it a form of love that can endure despite frustrations or annoyances.
Resisting the unloving urge to sneer at both Christopher's comment and Debbie's reply, I would point out that C.S. Lewis WAS a great radio voice. During the difficult WWII years, as Britain was being bombed by Germany, Lewis was asked by the BBC to give a series of short radio talks. They were eventually compiled into the book, Mere Christianity.
I tried to listen to this while reading the book (1960, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich) but they are not the same. Occasionally the words of this recording can be seen in the book but only occasionally and briefly. Did Lewis write 2 different versions? What's going on here?
The audible sample for this recording (which says there is only one recording made by CS Lewis for BBC radio, so I assume the recordings are the same) has a preface explaining that he was reading from his handwritten manuscript of the book, which was actually published 2 years later. So I would expect the difference is probably because the final book went through a lot more editing prior to publishing.
Perhaps most people realized this and it was just me who didn’t…but it took me a while to realize that this isn’t him reading his book the four loves or talking about it. It’s just some of his ideas/essays. I think he maybe developed his book from these ideas later. It would be incredibly helpful if you noted in the description that this is not Lewis reading his book “the four loves”. He is reading/talking about some of his work on it and he developed his book “the four loves” from these ideas and what he is speaking about in the recording…but the two are clearly different. So if you listen to this audio, please note that even though they put the face of his book “the four loves” on it…it is in fact, not the book that he is reading at all. He adds quite a few ideas in this recording that aren’t in the book, and there are also some ideas in his book “the four loves” that he completely skips over in these recordings.
Once I read the book after these recordings, I was sad that much of the audio here wasn’t in the book. The description on this video says “written and recorded by c.s. Lewis”…does that imply that there is a transcript of his recordings somewhere? As the book was written after these and are not transcripts of these recordings? I would love to find them written somewhere.
Update: if you would like the transcript of this recording, not to be mistaken for the book (though I highly recommend reading that too), here is the link: drive.google.com/file/d/0B8lkIorOqTUySlloZUtRT2hMMXM/view?resourcekey=0-esMXB6Ncd_mY0d5u59aRwA
@@CSLewisessays …Really? Well, this is a wonderful find. I thought there was only one extant recording of Lewis - one BBC radio program… Excellent stuff!
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Deep gratitude for those responsible for posting this astounding reading.
You're very welcome! C.S. Lewis's insights are truly remarkable
Such a Gift! Thank you!
This pipe smoking gent changed my life.
I wholeheartedly recommend “The Great Divorce” if you haven’t read or listened to that yet.
God’s love never quits.
Even for men who refer to Catholics - as Lewis did - as ‘bog rats.’
What a wonderful thing to hear this man's essay in his own voice! Thanks for making it available to all!
Thank you for these unloadings of the magnificent writer C.S Lewis. His voice lays wreaths at each doorsteps.
🙏❤️🌍🌿🕊🎵🎶
Many thanks for posting this. It surprised me by being relevant to a problem I had just found myself dealing with.
Lewis warns that while Storgē can be a source of comfort and belonging, it can become possessive or even oppressive if it’s not balanced by other forms of love, such as charity or friendship. He also notes that affection often comes with an element of "patience" and "forgiveness," making it a form of love that can endure despite frustrations or annoyances.
Such is Life! 👏👏👍
Oooooyahooo! Yay! I just began reading this book, and now it is uploaded it👏👏👏How wonderful!
Me too
This dude has a great voice. He’d be good on the radio I think.
Considering he is dead,that would be an interesting feat😂
Resisting the unloving urge to sneer at both Christopher's comment and Debbie's reply, I would point out that C.S. Lewis WAS a great radio voice. During the difficult WWII years, as Britain was being bombed by Germany, Lewis was asked by the BBC to give a series of short radio talks. They were eventually compiled into the book, Mere Christianity.
About 10 years ago I found these on CD
This is a great book 👌
Wow. As many of these recordings as you can find and post please!!!
good
11:29 Storge is often assumed as a right, and often the party who has done nothing lovable….
I have lived this word for word. It’s terrible.
I tried to listen to this while reading the book (1960, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich) but they are not the same. Occasionally the words of this recording can be seen in the book but only occasionally and briefly. Did Lewis write 2 different versions? What's going on here?
The audible sample for this recording (which says there is only one recording made by CS Lewis for BBC radio, so I assume the recordings are the same) has a preface explaining that he was reading from his handwritten manuscript of the book, which was actually published 2 years later. So I would expect the difference is probably because the final book went through a lot more editing prior to publishing.
Perhaps most people realized this and it was just me who didn’t…but it took me a while to realize that this isn’t him reading his book the four loves or talking about it. It’s just some of his ideas/essays. I think he maybe developed his book from these ideas later. It would be incredibly helpful if you noted in the description that this is not Lewis reading his book “the four loves”. He is reading/talking about some of his work on it and he developed his book “the four loves” from these ideas and what he is speaking about in the recording…but the two are clearly different. So if you listen to this audio, please note that even though they put the face of his book “the four loves” on it…it is in fact, not the book that he is reading at all. He adds quite a few ideas in this recording that aren’t in the book, and there are also some ideas in his book “the four loves” that he completely skips over in these recordings.
Once I read the book after these recordings, I was sad that much of the audio here wasn’t in the book. The description on this video says “written and recorded by c.s. Lewis”…does that imply that there is a transcript of his recordings somewhere? As the book was written after these and are not transcripts of these recordings? I would love to find them written somewhere.
Update: if you would like the transcript of this recording, not to be mistaken for the book (though I highly recommend reading that too), here is the link:
drive.google.com/file/d/0B8lkIorOqTUySlloZUtRT2hMMXM/view?resourcekey=0-esMXB6Ncd_mY0d5u59aRwA
Thank you. Without reading your comment, I would assumed that it's Mr. Lewis' voice due to the title of the video. Thanks for the link also!
@@clairesmith821 That link did not work. It was just stuck on "loading".
Is this C S Lewis speaking - or is it Edward Fox?
Does anybody know please?
The speaker is CS Lewis.
@@CSLewisessays …Really? Well, this is a wonderful find. I thought there was only one extant recording of Lewis - one BBC radio program…
Excellent stuff!
Pragma?