FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s article “Two Ways with the Self” was published on this date (5/3) in 1940 in The Guardian. It’s available in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There are two kinds of self-hatred which look rather alike in their earlier stages, but of which one is …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 5/6
FACT OF THE DAY: The Magician’s Nephew took Lewis the longest to write of all the Narnia books (almost 5 years, from ’49 to ’54). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Christian must wage endless war against the clamour of the ego as ego: but he loves and approves selves as such, though …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 5/3
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s article “Two Ways with the Self” was published on this date (5/3) in 1940 in The Guardian. It’s available in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There are two kinds of self-hatred which look rather alike in their earlier stages, but of which one is …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 6th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The Magician’s Nephew took Lewis the longest to write of all the Narnia books (almost 5 years, from ’49 to ’54).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The Christian must wage endless war against the clamour of the ego as ego: but he loves and approves selves as such, though not their sins.”
Two Ways with the Self
(Published on 5/3/1940 in The Guardian)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Someone very close to Lewis was born this month; who was it?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 3rd
FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis’s article “Two Ways with the Self” was published on this date (5/3) in 1940 in The Guardian. It’s available in God in the Dock.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“There are two kinds of self-hatred which look rather alike in their earlier stages, but of which one is wrong from the beginning and the other right to the end.”
Two Ways with the Self
(Published on 5/3/1940 in The Guardian)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What non-fiction, professional title was published this month (but after Lewis’s death)?
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RETROSPECT: May 1st – 10th
Highlights for the first third of May (1st – 10th) include: Publication of a book about how Narnia started, the debut of Wormwood’s uncle and the release of a revised Miracles.
Over a decade apart on the exact same day two major events occurred in Lewis’s life during the first third of May. The origins of Narnia finally became known and the first of thirty-one soon to be famous letters were released. If you are even vaguely familiar with Lewis, then you are aware that I’m speaking of The Magician’s Nephew and the start of The Screwtape Letters.
The Magician’s Nephew came out on the 2nd in 1955, just eight months after the previous Narnia story (The Horse and His Boy). This was the shortest