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 that impulse.” The Abolition of Man (Published 4/8/1947 as the first U.S. edition) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On April 9, 1941 …
CSL Daily 04/08/20
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 II) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On April 8, 1947 the first U.S. edition (a hardback) of The Abolition of Man was published. – – – …
CSL Daily 02/26/20
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) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The 3rd and final Riddell …
CSL Daily 02/25/20
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) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The 2nd Riddell Memorial Lecture entitled “The Way” by Lewis was given on …
CSL Daily 02/24/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts.” Men Without Chests (First a lecture from 2/24/1943 from the eventual The Abolition of Man) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: During the evening of February 24, 1943 Lewis gave the 1st talk (“Men Without Chests”) of …
CSL Daily 01/28/20
For those who get the EMAIL…sorry that the YouTube video didn’t display yesterday. Here’s a LINK to the 90 Seconds to C.S. Lewis. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is no use to ask God with factious earnestness for A when our whole mind is in reality filled with B. We must …
CSL Daily 01/07/20
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) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis spent the first night in his new rooms at Magdalene College, Cambridge on January 7, 1955. – – – PURCHASE The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
CSL Daily 01/06/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If nothing is self-evident, nothing can be proved.” The Abolition of Man (Published on 1/6/1944) – – – 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. – – – PURCHASE The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
CSL Daily 08/12/19
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 idiocy. If a man’s mind is open on these things, let his mouth at least be shut.” The Abolition of Man (2nd Edition Published 8/12/1946) …
CSL Daily 04/09/19
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 that impulse.” The Abolition of Man (Published 4/8/1947 as the first U.S. edition) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On April 9, 1941 …