Eros

Honestly this is another one of those blogs that isn’t going to be so easy to write. Since I am so obviously set up towards failure anyway it would appear that I don’t really have anything to lose so I should stop rambling on and on and start writing about Eros.

Eros is defined by Lewis as the love between a man and a woman. Lewis is quite specific about this love making sure to make the distinctions between it seeking pleasure, and falling in love. As far as seeking pleasure he makes several analogies the most striking of which I thought was the one about how when a person is finished smoking a cigarette they throw the wrapper and even the cigarette itself away. As you can probably guess or more accurately know as you are all reading his work with me and most of you blogging on the subject yourselves this is not what Lewis is talking about when he is talking about Eros.

However falling in love is a different story. According to how Lewis talks about it falling in love is involved in Eros and is even an important part of it however it in and of itself is not Eros. While I cannot remember who said this be it Lewis or someone in class they said that falling in love is like diving into a pool after the initial dive you have to start swimming or else it wont work. It is the combination between these two that Lewis is talking about. Both the initial dive and the work that comes after it, and something that a lot of people forget especially in America as I said in my last post is that you do have to work for the great things in life and if you rely on the dive alone what you have won’t last long.