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). – – – 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) More Details about The …
CSL Daily 04/09/18
FACT OF THE DAY: On April 9, 1941 Lewis gave what is believed to be his first Royal Air Force (RAF) talk at RAF Abingdon, Berkshire, England. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Those who stand outside all judgements of value cannot have any ground for preferring one of their own impulses to another …
CSL Daily 04/08/18
FACT OF THE DAY: On April 8, 1947 the first U.S. edition (a hardback) of The Abolition of Man was published. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Who said I disliked women? I never liked or disliked any generalisation.” Letter to Margaret Fuller on 4/8/1948 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)
CSL Daily 03/01/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Of Lewis’s two pre-Christian books of poetry, only Dymer was republished during his lifetime. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The one really adequate instrument for learning about God is the whole Christian community.” The Three-Personal God (Initially a BBC broadcast from 2/29/44)
CSL Daily 01/16/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Romantics” is a poem that was found in The New English Weekly on January 16, 1947, but is now know as “The Prudent Jailer.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Of all the passions, the passion for the Inner Ring is most skillful in making a man who is not yet …
CSL Daily 01/15/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “Pan’s Purge,” a poem by Lewis was published January 15, 1947 in Punch; it’s now printed in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Heaven is not a state of mind. Heaven is reality itself.” The Great Divorce (Published on 1/14/1946)
CSL Daily 12/26/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “The End of the Wine” is a poem published in Punch on Dec. 3, 1947; a revised version called “The Last of the Wine” is in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In this world everything is upside down. That which, if it could be prolonged here, would be a truancy, is …
CSL Daily 9/08/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis was on the cover of Time on September 8, 1947. Reflections on the Psalms came out today in 1958. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst. Of all created beings the wickedest is one who originally stood in the immediate presence of God.” Reflections …
CSL Daily 8/07/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The poem “Two Kinds of Memory” was published on August 7, 1947 in Time and Tide. 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 know: no …
CSL Daily 6/7/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Morte Darthur” by Lewis was a book review of The Works of Sir Thomas Malory published on June 7, 1947 in The Times Literary Supplement. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It does one good to see the fine side of people we’ve always seen the worst of.” Letter to …