FACT OF THE DAY: The second ever radio talk by Lewis was given today (8/13) in 1941. At the time it was called “Scientific Law and Moral Law” but is “THE REALITY OF THE LAW” in Mere Christianity. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The laws of nature, as applied to stones or trees, …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/12
FACT OF THE DAY: A second edition of The Abolition of Man was published by Geoffrey Bles on this day (8/12) in 1946. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “An open mind, in questions that are not ultimate, is useful. But an open mind about ultimate foundations either of Theoretical or Practical Reason is …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/11
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Sailing of the Ark” was published on this day (8/11) in 1948 in Punch. Revised and retitled “The Late Passenger” in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Future is, of all things, the thing least like eternity. It is the most completely temporal part of time-for the …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/10
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s letter to the editor of Church Times on “The Holy Name” was published today (8/10) in 1951. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I think almost all the crimes which Christians have perpetrated against each other arise from this, that religion is confused with politics.” Letter to Don Giovanni …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/9
FACT OF THE DAY: The first known letter Lewis wrote to Sister Penelope occurred on this day (8/9) in 1939. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “One hopes there will come a day when one can enjoy nice things said about one’s self just in the same innocent way as one enjoys nice things …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/8
FACT OF THE DAY: The 15th letter from Screwtape was published today (8/8) in 1941 in The Guardian. Themes include understanding Time. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The humans live in time but our Enemy [God] destines them to eternity. He therefore, I believe, wants them to attend chiefly to two things, to …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/7
FACT OF THE DAY: The poem “Two Kinds of Memory” was published today (8/7) in Time and Tide in 1947. A revised version is in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The good things even of this world are far too good ever to be reached by imagination. Even the common orange, you …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/6
FACT OF THE DAY: “Common Decency,” the first BBC broadcast by Lewis was given today (8/6) in 1941. It is better known as “The Law of Human Nature” in Mere Christianity. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Quarreling means trying to show that the other man is in the wrong. And there would be …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/5
FACT OF THE DAY: “Invocation of Saints” is a letter published today (5th) in 1949 in Church Times that is now in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape advises:] “You must therefore conceal from the patient the true end of Humility. Let him think of it not as self-forgetfulness …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/4
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (8/4) in 1922 Lewis earned a first class (highest honors) degree in Literae Humaniores (“Greats”) from Oxford. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware of …