Tag: Nature

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 13th

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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.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The laws of nature, as applied to stones or trees, may only mean ‘what Nature, in fact, does’. But if you turn to the Law of Human Nature, the Law of Decent Behaviour, it is a different matter. That law certainly does not mean ‘what human beings, in fact, do’; for as I said before, many of them do not obey this law at all, and none of them obey it completely. ”

2nd BBC Broadcast
(Given on 8/13/1941; Known as The Reality of the Law)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“If nothing is self-evident, nothing _____ _____ _____ .”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 19th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

What the Bird Said Early in the Year is a revised poem first published today (5/19) in 1938 as Chanson D’Aventure in The Oxford Magazine.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“A new Nature is being not merely made but made out of an old one. We live amid all the anomalies, inconveniences, hopes, and excitements of a house that is being rebuilt.”

Miracles: A Preliminary Study
(Published on 5/12/1947)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Who does Lucy first meet when she visits Narnia?

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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 14th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Today (5/14) in 1936 Lewis had Sonnet published in The Oxford Magazine under the name of Nat Whilk. It is available in Poems.

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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)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“I think that if God forgives us we _____ _____ _____ .”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 10th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Yesterday (5/9) in 1941 the second Screwtape Letter premiered in The Guardian before being available in the famous book.

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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 her own flamed, terrible, beautiful individuality.”

Letter to Dom Bede Griffiths OSB on 5/10/1945
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What article by Lewis that had “self” in the title was published some year this month?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 26th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The 3rd and final Riddell Memorial Lecture entitled “The Abolition of Man” by Lewis was given today (2/26) in 1943.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“What we call Man’s power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.”
The Abolition of Man
(First a lecture from 2/26/1943 from the eventual The Abolition of Man)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (5 words):
“…it is certainly my opinion that a book worth reading only in childhood is ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.” (submitted by Winifred Sherman)
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 21st

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Today (2/21) in 1945 “”Who Was Right—Dream Lecturer or Real Lecturer?” was published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Is it not equally reasonable to look outside Nature for the real Originator of the natural order?”

Who Was Right—Dream Lecturer or Real Lecturer?
(First published in 1945, it was reprinted as Two Lectures in God in the Dock)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What book did Tolkien try to help Lewis get publish sometime this month in what year?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 3rd

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The essay “Religion and Science” was published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph on this day (1/3) in 1945.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“If there were anything outside Nature, and if it interfered – then the events which the scientist expected wouldn’t follow. That would be what we call a miracle.”

Religion and Science
(Published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph on 1/3/1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Although fourteen chapters are in The Great Divorce, it was first published in how many weekly installments?
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