QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A country clergyman wrote to the editor (of The Guardian), withdrawing his subscription on the ground that ‘much of the advice given in these letters seemed to him not only erroneous but positively diabolical.’” Preface to the Second Edition of The Screwtape Letters (Written on 5/18/1960) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: …
CSL Daily 05/17/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Everywhere, except in theology, there has been a vigorous growth of scepticism about scepticism itself.” Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism (Talk given on 5/11/1959) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The Planets, a poem by Lewis was first published in the May, 1935 issue of Lysistrata, II. – – – …
CSL Daily 05/16/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Keep his mind off the most elementary duties by directing it to the most advanced and spiritual ones.” The Screwtape Letters III (Published in The Guardian on 5/16/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On May 16, 1941 the third letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian. – – – PURCHASE The Misquotable …
CSL Daily 05/15/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Yes, pride is a perpetual nagging temptation. Keep on knocking it on the head but don’t be too worried about it. As long as one knows one is proud one is safe from the worst form of pride.” Letter to Genia Goelz 5/15/1952 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) …
CSL Daily 05/14/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is probable that Nature is not really in Time and almost certain that God is not. Time is probably (like perspective) the mode of our perception.” Miracles: A Preliminary Study (Published on 5/12/1947) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On May 14, 1936 Lewis had Sonnet published in The …
CSL Daily 05/13/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Christianity…is precisely the story of a great Miracle. A naturalistic Christianity leaves out all that is specifically Christian.” Miracles: A Preliminary Study (Published on 5/12/1947) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Adam at Night is a poem published in Punch on May 11, 1949 then revised and re-titled as The …
CSL Daily 05/12/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience.” Miracles: A Preliminary Study (Published on 5/12/1947) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The first edition of Miracles: A Preliminary Study was published on May 12, 1947 (a second edition came out in 1960). – …
CSL Daily 05/11/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You cannot know that everything in the representation of a thing is symbolical unless you have independent access to the thing and can compare it with the representation.” Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism (Talk given on 5/11/1959) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The talk “Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism” …
CSL Daily 05/10/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You don’t see Nature till you believe in the Supernatural: don’t get the full, hot, salty tang of her except by contrast with the pure water from beyond the world. Those who mistake Nature for the All are just those who can never realise her as a particular creature with …
CSL Daily 05/09/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape boasts:) “All the habits of the patient, both mental and bodily, are still in our favour.” The Screwtape Letters II (Published in The Guardian on 5/9/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The revised edition of Miracles: A Preliminary Study was published May 9, 1960 containing a revised third chapter. – – – …