And I would give him this advice precisely, because he is an amateur and therefore much less protected than the expert against the, dangers of an exclusive contemporary diet. Lewis books.

THE LAST drops of the thundershower had hardly ceased falling when the Pedestrian stuffed his map into his pocket, settled his pack more comfortably on his tired shoulders, and stepped out from the shelter of a large chestnut tree into the middle of the road. Lewis's ebooks free in PDF, EPUB and Kindle formats. It sounds as if you supposed that argument was the way to keep him out of the Enemy's clutches. Lewis.

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Any event which is claimed as a miracle is, in the last resort, an experience received from the senses; and the senses are not infallible. Regent University College of Science and Technology, Regent University College of Science and Technology • ENGLISH 101, Glomski_Religion_the_Cosmos_and_Counter_Reformation_Latin(1).doc, 0295-0373,_Athanasius,_Tomus_ad_Antiochenos,_EN.doc. But if he must read only the new or only, the old, I would advise him to read the old. Wherever you find a little study circle of, Christian laity you can be almost certain that they are studying not St. Luke or St. Paul, or St. Augustine or Thomas Aquinas or Hooker or Butler, but M. Berdyaev or M. Maritain.

I keep on swallowing. Remarks which seem to you very ordinary will produce laughter or irritation and you will, not see why—the reason, of course, being that the earlier stages of the conversation, have given them a special point. k���I���3UigZg*D��t���xu s�N�u��d��J^r���eYWj�X�5]wֳ]w8��ڼ�jd��F���j�ؿ���9P�o���Ilh�ІV���8B�ԣ��9Z�i��X=�����=�������nNi��T=�����n�H����Ù^�ҳ;����ùz^W��z٣�w�q����\����3��z�g�˽�\�Wz���'���zM��k{�\������o����n�[F�Uo�v�C��.�[��Mp�����p�����p������xd$̣��h��G#�O�Exrl�����)��g���i��&fx1���@���Q^�W�1^�x=4��fx���q�N��y'2ǻ��������Ӌ|��&�,�~�_D��~]���2�跱��]���U~���c|����5~�[�W�m~����������������� �[��_� �� That might have been so if he had lived a few centuries earlier. The Pedestrian wasted no time on the landscape but set out at once with the determined stride of a good walker who has lately realized that he will have to walk farther than he intended. It is so uninteresting. I find it hard to take in what anyone says.

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The error is rather an, amiable one, for it springs from humility. 1 On the Reading of Old Books by C. S. Lewis here is a strange idea abroad that in every subject the ancient books should be read only by the professionals, and that the amateur should content himself with the modern books. C.S. The only safety.

It has to be tested against the great body of Christian, thought down the ages, and all its hidden implications (often unsuspected by the author, himself) have to be brought to light.

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Screwtape was published in 1942. A grief observed was published in 1961, a couple of years before he died, reflecting on the loss of Joy in 1960. or M. Niebuhr or Miss Sayers or even myself. At that time the humans still knew pretty well when a thing was proved and when it was not; and if it was proved they really believed it.

Naturally, since I myself am a writer, I do not wish, the ordinary reader to read no modern books.

It has always therefore been one of my, main endeavours as a teacher to persuade the young that firsthand knowledge is not only, more worth acquiring than secondhand knowledge, but is usually much easier and more, This mistaken preference for the modern books and this shyness of the old ones is, nowhere more rampant than in theology. A new book is still on its trial and the amateur, is not in a position to judge it. I HAVE KNOWN ONLY ONE PERSON IN MY LIFE WHO claimed to have seen a ghost. He says that there are readers who will read a book just once or condemn a book that is not well-written, and then there are readers who will learn something new every time they re-read the same book, and will also try to gain more knowledge from a poorly written one. Yet I want the others to be about me.

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Register; Login; Select language Español; English; Freeditorial Publishing House Menu. On the Reading of Old Books - C. S. Lewis - On the Reading of Old Books by C S Lewis here is a strange idea abroad that in every subject the ancient, here is a strange idea abroad that in every subject the, ancient books should be read only by the professionals, and, that the amateur should content himself with the modern, books. Free download or read online Mere Christianity pdf (ePUB) book. A violent yellow sunset was pouring through a rift in the clouds to westward, but straight ahead over the hills the sky was the colour of dark slate. The first edition of the novel was published in 1952, and was written by C.S. IN o one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

Whatever experiences we may have, we shall not regard them as miraculous if we already hold a philosophy which excludes the supernatural. Thus I have found as a tutor in English Literature that if the average student, wants to find out something about Platonism, the very last thing he thinks of doing is to, take a translation of Plato off the library shelf and read the Symposium. There are moments, most unexpectedly, when something inside me tries to assure me that I don't really mind so much, not so ... C.S.

Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by Project Gutenberg. Every tree and blade of grass was dripping, and the road shone like a river. The Screwtape Letters is the most engaging and humorous account of temptation—and triumph over it—ever written. Now this seems to me topsy-turvy.

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