Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/4

FACT OF THE DAY: “Morality and Psychoanalysis” is the title of what was originally the third talk given today (10/4) in 1942 from Lewis’s third BBC series. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When a man makes a moral choice two things are involved. One is the act of choosing. The other is the various …

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 4th

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Morality and Psychoanalysis” is the title of what was originally the third talk given today in 1942 from Lewis’s third BBC series.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“When a man makes a moral choice two things are involved. One is the act of choosing. The other is the various feelings, impulses and so on which his psychological outfit presents him with, and which are the raw material of his choice.”

Morality and Psychoanalysis
(Broadcast on BBC on 10/4/1942; Chapter four from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What essay did Lewis write with the title “red” in it that was first published this month in 1944?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 19th

FACT OF THE DAY:

The eleventh installment of The Great Divorce was published today (1/19) in 1945; it covered the first quarter of chapter nine.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Ye cannot fully understand the relations of choice and Time till you are beyond both.”

Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XI
(Published in The Guardian on 1/19/1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (four words):
“Far better things lie ahead than _____ _____ _____ _____ .”
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QUOTE: October 4, 2013

“When a man makes a moral choice two things are involved. One is the act of choosing. The other is the various feelings, impulses and so on which his psychological outfit presents him with, and which are the raw material of his choice.”
Morality and Psychoanalysis
(Broadcast on BBC on 10/4/1942; Chapter three from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)