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Love, Pain, Grief, and Joy: Vol. 1, The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis

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How Does Lewis Define Filia?

Lewis: Sometimes you need to protect the student from the parent. How does Lewis define filia? Well, filia, like Philadelphia's brotherly love. So he sees friendship mainly as discovering a mutual interest. Once again, you can see this in his earlier books in surprise by joy.

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