FACT OF THE DAY: The 2nd Riddell Memorial Lecture entitled “The Way” by Lewis was given February 25, 1943. It became part of The Abolition of Man. – – – 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 …
CSL Daily 2/24/17
FACT OF THE DAY: During the evening of February 24, 1943 Lewis gave the 1st talk (“Men Without Chests”) of the Riddell Memorial Lectures that became The Abolition of Man. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts.” Men Without Chests …
CSL Daily 1/28/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The Abolition of Man (released in early January, 1944) is the book Lewis wrote that he claimed addressed “a ‘serious’ point” presented in That Hideous Strength. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is no use to ask God with factious earnestness for A when our whole mind is in reality …
CSL Daily 1/7/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis spent the first night in his new rooms at Magdalene College, Cambridge on January 7, 1955. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it.” The Abolition of Man (Published on 1/6/1944)
CSL Daily 1/6/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On January 6, 1944 The Abolition of Man was first published. It came from a series of lectures from Feb. 1943. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If nothing is self-evident, nothing can be proved.” The Abolition of Man (Published on 1/6/1944)
CSL Daily 8/12
FACT OF THE DAY: A second edition of The Abolition of Man was published by Geoffrey Bles on this day (Aug. 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 …
CSL Daily 4/9
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (4/9) in 1941 Lewis gave 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 except the emotional strength of …
CSL Daily 4/8
FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (4/8) in 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 …
CSL Daily 2/26
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. – – – 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 …
CSL Daily 2/25
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. – – – 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 …