The Familiarity of Affection
The first of the “four loves” that C. S. Lewis explains in his book with that title is Affection. The family is where affection may begin, but Lewis extends it further. “Almost anyone can become an object of Affection,” he notes, and then adds that one can also include “the ugly, the stupid, even the exasperating.” It ignores the barriers of age, sex, class, and education. It can exist between a clever young man from the university and an old… Read more »