Tag: Mind

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 16th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

An collection of #CSLewis’s essays called Timeless at Heart: Essays on Theology was published today (7/16) in 1987.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“We have seen that every moral judgement involves facts, intuition and reasoning, and, if we are wise enough to be humble, it will involve some regard for authority as well.”

from Why I Am Not A Pacifist
(Reprinted in Timeless at Heart on 7/16/1987)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by _____ _____ _____ .”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 25th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The 2nd Riddell Memorial Lecture entitled “The Way” by Lewis was given today (2/25) in 1943. It became part of The Abolition of Man.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The human mind has no more power of inventing a new value than of imagining a new primary colour.”

The Way
(First a lecture from 2/25/1943 from the eventual The Abolition of Man)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

When the final series of broadcast talks began this month in 1944 something different happen to them; what was it?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 16th

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(Click “Read More” to SEE Answer)FACT OF THE DAY:

71 years ago today (2/16/1943) The Screwtape Letters was published in the U.S., but was released in the UK in 1942
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out.”

The Screwtape Letters
(Released in the U.S. on 2/16/1943)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (three words):
The human mind has no more power of inventing a new value than of planting a new sun in the sky or a ____ ____ ____ in the spectrum.
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 29th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis preached his final sermon, “A Slip of the Tongue” on this day (1/29) in 1956. It was preached at Evernsong at Magdalene College.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“For it is not so much of our time and so much of our attention that God demands; it is not even all our time and all our attention: it is our selves.”

A Slip of the Tongue
(Sermon preached on 1/29/1956)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (two words):
“Heaven is not a state of mind. Heaven is ____ _____ .”
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