
Reading Club: The Four Loves, Part I (On Need-Love & Gift-Love)
Mere Fidelity
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The Disinterested Perception of Something
In Likings and Loves for the Subhuman, Lewis introduces this notion of disinterestedness. He does it while finding a kind of third category between gift love and need love. The disinterested perception of something is almost an aesthetic perception, right? So you see a beautiful sunset and you want it to go on for its own sake. You don't necessarily want it to going on just for your sake, right?
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