Lewis on limits of knowledge
"Five senses; an incurably abstract intellect; a haphazardly selective memory; a set of preconceptions and assumptions so numerous that I can never examine more than a minority of them – never become even conscious of them all. How much of total reality can such an apparatus let through?"
- C. S. Lewis, A Grief Observed, p. 54.
If you hadn't guessed, a higher proportion of quotes recently means that I'm in essay mode. I'll get back to my heaven series soon...
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good quote though...
That is my favorite book by Lewis. He feels so honest in it, non-controlled and that really works with me. Most of his other stuff I feel disconnected from him by more than just time.
Hey Byron: just a thought to do with your heaven series -
do you think it is worth commenting at some stage on the virtue of hupomones, ie 'patient endurance' - which seems to be the pose of Christians vis a vis time?
Ahhhh essay mode. I'm just about to duck into that myself. I'm almost settled on topics and gathering my reading materials.
That quote is a great one for me I am always harping on the myth of unmediated access.
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